Africa Research Institute

Jamie Hitchen looks at the role of Uganda's Electoral Commission in the recent polls and asks whether they are still viewed as credible by the majority of Ugandans.

On 30 November 2015, a landmark judgement saw Standard Bank fined US$25.2 million. Nick Branson considers whether this level of reparations is appropriate, and how those implicated might be held to account for their actions.

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.

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

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

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.

Some 7,000km and three time zones separate Côte D’Ivoire and Tanzania. As they both go to the polls on 25 October 2015 to elect a new president, Nick Branson suggests seven intriguing commonalities.

Nick Branson identifies constituencies in Tanzania where opposition chances of electoral success have been improved by local developments, political scandals or party defections since 2010.

This Briefing Note considers the variables in the country’s fifth multi-party elections, likely to be the most keenly contested to date.