"The civilians of El Fasher, Sudan, those who survived the siege, those who died fleeing, and those whose fates remain unknown, deserve more than legal frameworks that prohibit their suffering in theory while failing to prevent it in practice." @africaatlse.bsky.social

Ethiopia’s government has cut off internet access during armed conflicts, hiding human rights abuses and blocking journalists from reporting on violence. Aemro W. Ayalew argues that such shutdowns are a core tool for preventing accountability on @africaatlse.bsky.social

In a new article, Peter Kidi explores how aid reductions and differentiated assistance are reshaping fatherhood, responsibility, and dignity in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. 📖 Read more: csns.uk/2026/01/20/a... #HumanitarianPolicy #ForcedDisplacement #Africa

As Africa’s population ages, basic infrastructure is being left behind. In our latest blog, Festival Godwin Boateng examines why toilet facilities for senior citizens remain overlooked. 🔗 blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

In our newest blog, Koen Vlassenroot, Kasper Hoffmann & Judith Verweijen examine Trump’s peace deal between the DRC and Rwanda and the risks of a transactional peace driven by mineral interests. 👉 Read more: blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Join the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security’s 3-day intensive course to explore gender-based violence, civil society, and pathways to justice in conflict. 📅 3–5 Feb 2026 | 📍 LSE, London 🔗 Register: www.lse.ac.uk/women-peace-... #WomenPeaceSecurity #UNSCR1325

📢 Public Event Announcement Join us for Professor Hertog's inaugural lecture: "How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy" on 21 January 2026 at 6.30pm In-person and online tickets available 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/events/21-ja... #LSEEvents @lseevents.bsky.social @shertog.bsky.social

We are delighted to be joined by humanitarian, author and media host Zainab Salbi. At this exciting public lecture, she will discuss how women’s leadership is providing new pathways to address the climate crisis. Registration is now open ⬇️ buff.ly/52E72BT

Highly educated Kenyan scholars are ghost-writing medical assignments for students worldwide yet remain entirely invisible to the system #LSEHealth hosts Prof Patricia Kingori (Oxford) on 19 Jan exploring whose knowledge shapes global healthcare. Mon 19 Jan, 6:30pm www.lse.ac.uk/events/who-t...

🌟Professor David Luke spoke at the #LSEFestival, launching his new book, 'How Africa Eats' @africaatlse.bsky.social Free to read and download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse... #OpenAccess

Soha Benchekroun’s article, “Africa needs to focus its efforts at the crossroads of climate adaptation, infrastructure development, and industrialisation,” highlights key priorities for Africa’s climate and development agenda. 📖 Read the full article: blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Join us tonight for 'The politics of hunger in Sudan' with @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @sarasalem.bsky.social 🕔6.30pm - 8pm 📍LSE Hong Kong Theatre & online #LSEEvents

Chinese scholarships are opening new pathways for Ghanaian students, strengthening both skills and global connections. These programmes build Ghana’s human capital while expanding China’s soft power on the continent, writes Philip Akrofi Atitianti Read more here ⬇️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

#Malawi’s 2025 elections have failed its #women, again. Despite some electoral gains, the nation is still falling short of its own goals for #GenderEquality in politics. Victoria Melkisedeck Lihiru argues it's time to consider an “equality-based First Past the Post” model @africaatlse.bsky.social

📢 Upcoming event | “The politics of hunger in Sudan” with @nisrinelamin.bsky.social. We'll look at how war, foreign investment & extractivism are deepening famine in a country rich in resources. 🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm 📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online #LSEEvents #Sudan

📢 New role announced! The PfAL Programme Officer will support the PfAL Senior Programme Manager in coordinating the programme’s wide range of operational and developmental activities. Read more and apply here⬇️ www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

📢 We are excited to share our Annual Report 2024/2025! Our Annual Report captures how FLIA continues to bring African perspectives to global conversations and create meaningful opportunities for engagement. 📄 Read the report here www.lse.ac.uk/africa/asset...

If you're in London and interested in Angolan and West Central African history, please join us next Wednesday at the IHR African History Seminar with João Figueiredo! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @africaatlse.bsky.social

We are thrilled to have Professor Sanyu A. Mojola present our final Autumn Term Seminar Series on 28 November💡 🌎Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol 🕙2.00pm - 3.00pm Secure your place➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...

People are turning to #AI because they cannot access #MentalHealth support. Rather than simply build better bots, we need to create bridges from AI to real world services, write Kojo C. Apeagyei @lsemedia.bsky.social, Ebosetale Oriarewo and @Dylan_Kawende for @africaatlse.bsky.social

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