ARI's Jonathan Bhalla quoted in the Ugandan Independent’s article “Drought, famine and death return to the Horn”.

ARI's Jonathan Bhalla quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald’s article “Living against the elements”.

Speakers: Dr Christiana Thorpe (Head of the National Electoral Commission in Sierra Leone), Ade Daramy

7 July 2011

In Malawi, an audience-driven radio programme has gained popularity by exposing everyday injustices.

The donor-driven gender strategy is failing. Its jargon is ambiguous and easily misunderstood and it fosters inaction on the part of patriarchal African governments.

Thrillers offer complex insights into how authors and readers may understand the present, and imagine the future. This is seldom recognised by journalists, academics and other commentators.

Human Rights NGOs are considered vanguards in the struggle against injustice and authoritarianism in Africa. But their narrow focus on civil and political rights neglects widely held economic grievances. In Malawi, an audience-driven radio programme – Nkhani Zam’maboma or “News...

In a briefing published on the 50th anniversary of Sierra Leone’s independence, Africa Research Institute examines the causes and history of electoral strife in the country. Every election since independence in 1961 has been attended by violence. Old Tricks, Young Guns: Elections...

Sierra Leone is acclaimed as one of Africa’s most successful post-conflict states. But the country remains fragile. Support for political parties is polarised on ethnic and regional lines, and underwritten by patronage. Youth unemployment is endemic.