Our Senior Researcher, Nick Branson 's blog "Tanzania: Division and Derision in the United Republic" was referenced in the Journal of Tanzanian Affairs.

Rising debt, the ever-growing prominence of social media and a battle for the soul of the ANC are just some of the things Jamie Hitchen and Nick Branson are expecting to see in Africa in the year ahead.

Dr Nic Cheeseman provides a comprehensive account of democracy in Africa that is of use to students and experts alike, says Jamie Hitchen.

ARI's Senior Researcher, Nick Branson, wrote an analysis of DRCs mobile courts, an innovative justice system trying to address the epidemic scale of conflict-related gender violence for Good Governance Africa.

Speakers: Professor Ibrahim Lipumba (former presidential candidate, Tanzania), Nic Cheeseman (Oxford University), Vera Kwakofi (BBC Africa)

In November, Burkina Faso will elect a new president and parliament. Despite a period of political turmoil, Eloïse Bertrand says that the country is on the verge of completing a successful return to constitutional order.

Speakers: Ambreena Manji (Cardiff Law School), Yash Ghai (former chair, Constitution of Kenya Review Commission; founder of Katiba Institute)

Speaker: Robert Rotberg (John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)

The opening of the National Assembly on 17 November follows the inauguration of a new president, John Magufuli. Yet three weeks after Tanzanians went to the polls, Zanzibar is still mired in a political crisis, says Nick Branson.

In September 2015 floods in Freetown killed seven people and rendered several thousand homeless. Jamie Hitchen explores the systematic failings of city management that exacerbate the problems caused by heavy rainfall.