Tom Goodfellow reflects on how geopolitics is shaping Africa's urban transformation and what that might me for the future of cities on the continent

Nick Branson provided live reaction to Emmerson Mnangagwa’s first public appearance since returning to Zimbabwe, ahead of his inauguration as president.

Hans de Marie Heungoup argues that without a long term economic strategy, the Far North of Cameroon remains vulnerable to Boko Haram.

Readers of Brian Cooksey’s Briefing Note “IPTL, Richmond and ‘Escrow’: The price of private power procurement in Tanzania” can gain an overview of the key developments in the corruption scandal by scrolling through the interactive timeline below: <

In this Briefing Note Brian Cooksey chronicles how politics and rent-seeking have subverted the development of Tanzania’s power sector during the past quarter of a century.

This long form interview with former INEC Chairman Professor Attahiru Jega reflects on election management and the state of democracy in Nigeria

Listen to Africa Research Institute Director Edward Paice interview Nkongho Felix Agbor Balla on the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon

Des révisions constitutionnelles en Côte d’Ivoire, au Sénégal, au Burkina Faso et au Mali.

Wilkins and Vokes argue that while the NRM certainly makes use of crude abuses of state power, this occurs within the context of a sophisticated electoral technique which is equally important to understand.

Jamie Hitchen, policy researcher at Africa Research Institute was a guest on Channel Africa's African Dialogue show to discuss presidential age limits in Uganda