We are thrilled to have @adeldaoud.bsky.social join us on 21 November💡 🌎Planetary Causal Inference: combining computer vision and earth observation to analyse disparities in health and living conditions among neighbourhoods in Africa, 1990 to date 🕙 2.00pm - 3.00pm Secure your place➡️

A new law gives social housing tenants in England powers against neglectful landlords. But Elizabeth Storer @qmul.bsky.social @africaatlse.bsky.social Nikita Simpson & Suad Duale @soasuni.bsky.social warn that it has limited powers amidst a deep housing crisis @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are leaving the International Criminal Court, denouncing it as an “instrument of neo-colonialism.” What will this mean for the international justice system, asks Abubakar Usman @africaatlse.bsky.social

Join us for the launch of the highly anticipated new book by @brankomilan.bsky.social 📖 He reveals the seismic shifts that are shaping our world, with global neoliberalism on its last legs. As the status quo of the past fifty years crumbles, he asks what remains in its wake? 🎟️ buff.ly/ggNJ4pW

🚨New LSE Event🚨 Türkiye, South Africa & Uganda Alternative Forms of Political Participation: Youth, Co-Production and Participatory Art 🗓 Wednesday 12 Nov 2025 | 6–7.30 pm | Thai Theatre, CKK (In-person) Register to attend: www.lse.ac.uk/contemporary... @lse-ei.bsky.social @africaatlse.bsky.social

"Nicole’s positionality as someone who had lived in Kinshasa but was not from Congo allowed her to speak to the Congolese community, but not to be defined by it." Felipe Honorato & Guilherme Silva Pires de Freitas tell the story of Brussels community leader, #NicoleJocelyn @africaatlse.bsky.social

Humanitarian agencies have been urged to ‘localise’, shifting power to local actors and addressing North/South imbalances. But what does local really mean? Dr Myfanwy James explores this question for the LSE ID Blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

On @africaatlse.bsky.social, Maria Ogbugo calls for strong African Union leadership ahead of a critical IMO meeting, warning that the continent risks missing a vital opportunity to embed equity, climate justice & fair transition principles into measures that will shape global shipping for decades.

Delighted to share The Forgotten Faces, featuring deeply moving and incisive poetry from the brilliant Peter Kidi and the artistic talent of Victor Ndula. Available here: www.lse.ac.uk/africa/asset... @africaatlse.bsky.social

📢 Only 2 days left to join the LSE Africa Summit 2026 Organising Committee! Passionate about Africa? Help shape global conversations and drive real impact, and join the LSE Africa Summit 2026 Organising Committee. Read more ⤵️ www.lse.ac.uk/africa/event...

🌍 Climate + security crises in the Lake Chad Basin are deeply linked. In this new @africaatlse.bsky.social blog, Aminata Niang, Visiting Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Centre, urges regional & local collaboration to build resilience. 📖 Read:

#China is investing billions to stitch together the #HornofAfrica through a flagship #infrastructure project, posing a challenge to the US’s strategic interests in the region – Tewodros Woldearegay @africaatlse.bsky.social. Read 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/... Image: Noor Santosian/Shutterstock

🎙️ How can #Africa leverage demographics, #trade, & strategic resources to reshape its economic future? 🌍 David Luke, Director of @africaatlse.bsky.social, unpacks Africa’s potential & ties with #Europe, covering demographics, trade asymmetries & AU priorities. 🔗 www.policycenter.ma/podcasts/har...

China is investing billions to connect the Horn of Africa with roads, ports, and pipelines. The US faces an evolving strategic challenge in this pivotal gateway to the continent, writes Tewodros Woldearegay. Read the full blog here ⤵️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Despite the continent’s growing connectivity, many of its languages go unmoderated on social media platforms. This poses important questions about online safety, writes Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga. Read the latest blog here ⤵️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

📢 Join the LSE Africa Summit 2026 Organising Committee! Are you passionate about Africa and eager to be part of shaping meaningful discussions with a global impact? Applications are now open for the LSE Africa Summit 2026! Applications will close on Sunday, 12 October.

📢 Final call: Only 5 days left to express your interest. This November, Duncan Green and Tom Kirk will lead three in-person courses on activism, policy influence, and enhancing research impact. Read more and submit your interest here ⤵️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...

📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open! Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE. 📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur

🌏 Want to make your ideas count? Join LSE’s Activism, Influence & Change courses this November. Learn frameworks, methods & strategies to influence policy, research & society. 🔔 Register your interest by 15 September! www.lse.ac.uk/africa/resea...

🌏 Want to make your ideas count? Join LSE’s Activism, Influence & Change courses this November. Learn frameworks, methods & strategies to influence policy, research & society. 🔔 Register your interest by 15 September! www.lse.ac.uk/africa/resea...

🕊️ Attending the upcoming @wto.org Public Forum: 'Enhance, create, preserve' ? Professor David Luke and Colette van der Ven will be speaking on their research and #OpenAccess publications, How Africa Eats and How Africa Trades. 🎫 www.wto.org/english/foru... @africaatlse.bsky.social

Despite what a recent article in The Atlantic says, #Sudan is not locked in a war about nothing, argues Cathy Wilcock @sheffielduni.bsky.social on @africaatlse.bsky.social. The civil war, now in its third year, only gains in complexity the longer it goes on. Read 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Born in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, Peter Kidi created a voice that now reaches across borders. FLIA & Peter are collaborating on a forthcoming book that "is a space where testimony and poetry meet to speak the truth that press releases never print." frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/i-started-wr...

US policy under #Trump is upending global #trade patterns. But regional trade can help Africa fill the gap and safeguard the continent against future shocks, writes Kasper Vrolijk on @africaatlse.bsky.social. Read more 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Kenya’s Gen Z organised nationwide protests against the government-sponsored Finance Bill 2024. The dust has yet to settle, but these protests show how autocratic resilience and public authority play out in real time, writes Gedion Onyango. Read more ⤵️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Climate-resilient livelihoods, local and regional partnerships are needed to help a region already suffering devastating consequences of climate change, writes Aminata Niang. Read more here ⬇️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Africa has the capital. Now it needs the tools to fund its own development Joseph Atta-Mensah for @africaatlse.bsky.social Read the post👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/... Image credit: RomanR on Shutterstock

NEW✨ How can #Africa feed itself in a climate-challenged, trade-distorted world? How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks., edited by David Luke @africaatlse.bsky.social, published #OpenAccess @lsepress.bsky.social . #Review by Shruti Patel @ethz.ch @ethzwfsc.bsky.social 👇

"The volume provides a rich account of how trade flows and frameworks shape food insecurity across Africa." How Africa Eats ed. David Luke reviewed in @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social 📖🌍 Read in full here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb... @africaatlse.bsky.social @ethz.ch

How Africa Eats ed. David Luke has been extracted in Africa Briefing Magazine's July-August issue. 🌍🥬 ▶️ Read here: africabriefing.com/africa-brief... How Africa Eats is free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing here: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @africaatlse.bsky.social

The number of displaced people is growing, and so are the costs for host countries. But allowing refugees to work they can save the state money and contribute to economic growth, writes Yinebeb Bahru on the @africaatlse.bsky.social Read more 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Finance Ministers in #Africa must navigate the needs of #climate resilience and development. Toluwalola Kasali (@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social alum) on @africaatlse.bsky.social 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/... Image: UN Climate Change on Flickr

⏰ ICYMI! ▶️ Watch the launch of Professor David Luke's new book - How Africa Eats - as part of the #LSEFestival here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zsi... Free #OpenAccess book download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @africaatlse.bsky.social

The removal of fuel subsidies has triggered #inflation across #Nigeria, leading to major #FoodInsecurity and spreading desperation across the country, writes Uche Igwe @africaatlse.bsky.social. Read the full article 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/... Photo by Alexis Tsegba on Unsplash.

Register for @africaatlse.bsky.social's "The Africa Rising Symposium", a thought leadership platform dedicated to shaping the conversations that matter most to Africa’s future. 📆 Saturday 19 July www.lse.ac.uk/africa/event...

Register for @africaatlse.bsky.social's "The Africa Rising Symposium", a thought leadership platform dedicated to shaping the conversations that matter most to Africa’s future. 📆 Saturday 19 July www.lse.ac.uk/africa/event...

"Did COVID-19 vaccine enforcement work?" 💡 This article critically examines the political and social dynamics of Uganda’s mandatory vaccination, drawing on ethnographic and survey research conducted in Dei and Gulu. 🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953625006045?via%3Dihu

📢 Missed Early Bird? Don’t worry, regular tickets are now on sale for the Africa Rising Symposium! 🌍 Join us as we explore “Beyond Potential: Africa’s Age of Performance”, a dynamic day of dialogue, inspiration, and action. 📅https://www.lse.ac.uk/africa/events/The-Africa-Rising-Symposium

🎓 Master’s Scholarships at LSE @lsepbs.bsky.social is offering scholarships for upcoming students at the LSE, designed to bring essential and diverse voices, perspectives and experiences to the Department's five master's programmes. www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

Three lawsuits against #Meta in #Kenya expose the digital governance gap in Africa Mumbi Kiragu for the @africaatlse.bsky.social blog 👉https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2025/06/26/three-lawsuits-against-meta-in-kenya-expose-the-digital-governance-gap-in-africa/ Image credit: Shutterstock

📢 Secure your spot for the Africa Rising Symposium! We are partnering with EMY Africa again for the second Africa Rising Symposium, this year under the theme, "Beyond Potential: Africa’s Age of Performance". 🎟️ Early Bird tickets close on July 9! eshop.lse.ac.uk/product-cata...

ONE WEEK TO GO!⏰ LSE Health’s webinar on socioeconomic inequalities in health is just around the corner. Hear from top scholars like Maarten Lindeboom, @jlynch13.bsky.social +‬ Jennifer Dowd on global drivers of #health disparities. 7 July, 5 PM BST 🗓️ 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4jWYavW

📢 Open Call for Creative in Residence Fellowships at FLIA! We invite applications from both established professionals with a proven record of excellence in Africa’s creative industries and early career creatives bringing new perspectives. www.lse.ac.uk/africa/oppor...

"The last meal" by Peter Kidi, who is a South Sudanese poet and activist, born and raised in Kakuma refugee camp. A central theme of the poem, reflecting the focus of #WorldRefugeeDay2025, is solidarity, a concept that takes on different meanings. ⬇️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

FLIA at the LSE Impact Prize Awards 🎉 Rising Star Impact Prize - Winner Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey (FLIA Internal Advisory Board Member) Outstanding Team Impact — Highly Commended Dr Souad Mohamed (FLIA and WPS Visiting Senior Fellow) Congratulations to both for these well-deserved recognitions!

Why is #FoodInsecurity worsening in #Africa? How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks ed. David Luke‬ @africaatlse.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social examines why food insecurity is so prevalent in Africa and the various factors that shape the issue @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

"How Africa Eats is an essential examination of one of the continent’s most pressing challenges: food security and hunger. A must-read for policymakers, scholars, and anyone committed to African development." — @amirleb.bsky.social, Director of @tidecentre.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.31389/lse...

Why is #FoodInsecurity worsening in #Africa? How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks ed. David Luke‬ @africaatlse.bsky.social‬ @lsepress.bsky.social‬ examines why food insecurity is so prevalent in Africa and the various factors shape the issue. ‪@lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

Next week! 🥘 Join us for the launch of How Africa Eats at the #LSEFestival on Sat 21st June. David Luke will be in conversation with Adejoké Bakare, Dipo Faloyin, Dr Edwini Kwame Kessie, chaired by Laura Mann. 🎫 www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-F... @lseid.bsky.social @wto.org @africaatlse.bsky.social

📢 Last chance to register! We are only 2 days away from the book launch of the "Children’s Lived Experience of Poverty and Vulnerability in Kenya: Going Beyond Multi-dimensionality" by Dr Eliza Ngutuku. Read more and register ⬇️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/firoz-lalji-...