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Global Souths Hub @globalsouthshub.bsky.social · 8d

🌍 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.

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Tackling security and climate challenges in the Lake Chad Basin requires collaboration - Africa at LSE

Climate-resilient livelihoods, local and regional partnerships are needed to help a region already suffering devastating consequences of climate change, writes Aminata Niang. The consequences of…

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 15d

#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.

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Policy Center for the New South @policycenterns.bsky.social · 16d

🎙️ 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.
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Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa @africaatlse.bsky.social · 20d

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.

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Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa @africaatlse.bsky.social · 22d

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.

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Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa @africaatlse.bsky.social · 27d

📢 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.

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Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa @africaatlse.bsky.social · 29d

📢 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 ⤵️
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Interested in attending our training sessions on activism, influencing and research for impact? If so, please sign up this week - Activism Influence and Change

In November, we hope to run some ‘Master Classes’ on activism, influencing and how to ensure your research has impact. But for them to go ahead, you need to register interest this week. Here’s the pit...

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British Journal of Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣 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

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Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa @africaatlse.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌏 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...

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Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa @africaatlse.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌏 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...

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · Sep 3

🕊️ 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

WTO | Public Forum 2025 - "Enhance, create, and preserve"

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Sep 4

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.

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Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa @africaatlse.bsky.social · Sep 1

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."

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‘I started writing poetry because I had no other way to speak’: interview with poet and refugee Peter Kidi | From Poverty to Power

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Aug 30

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.

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Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa @africaatlse.bsky.social · Aug 28

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.

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Autocratic resilience and public authority in Kenya - Africa at LSE

The recent protests in Kenya show how autocratic resilience and public authority play out in real time, writes Gedion Onyango. In June 2024, Kenya’s Gen Z organised nationwide protests against the gov...

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Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa @africaatlse.bsky.social · Aug 27

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/...

Tackling security and climate challenges in the Lake Chad Basin requires collaboration - Africa at LSE

Climate-resilient livelihoods, local and regional partnerships are needed to help a region already suffering devastating consequences of climate change, writes Aminata Niang. The consequences of clima...

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Aug 11

Africa has the capital. Now it needs the tools to fund its own development

Joseph Atta-Mensah for @africaatlse.bsky.social

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LSE Review of Books @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social · Aug 4

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
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#Review by Shruti Patel @ethz.ch @ethzwfsc.bsky.social 👇

The state of food security in Africa - LSE Review of Books

How Africa Eats edited by David Luke explores the trade reforms needed to ensure Africa’s food security in the context of climate change and trade barriers.

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · Aug 4

"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

The state of food security in Africa - LSE Review of Books

How Africa Eats edited by David Luke explores the trade reforms needed to ensure Africa’s food security in the context of climate change and trade barriers.

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Jul 27

The number of displaced people is growing, and so are the costs for host countries.

But allowing refugees to work they can save the state money and contribute to economic growth, writes Yinebeb Bahru on the @africaatlse.bsky.social

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People walking and carrying basins on their heads at Rhino Refugee Camp, Arua, Uganda

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Jul 28

Finance Ministers in #Africa must navigate the needs of #climate resilience and development.

Toluwalola Kasali (@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social alum) on @africaatlse.bsky.social 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

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Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank speaks onstage at the Adaptation Finance Summit for Africa during UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on December 1, 2023, in Dubai.

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · Jul 22

⏰ ICYMI!

▶️ Watch the launch of Professor David Luke's new book - How Africa Eats - as part of the #LSEFestival here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zsi...

Free #OpenAccess book download here: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @africaatlse.bsky.social

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Jul 16

The removal of fuel subsidies has triggered #inflation across #Nigeria, leading to major #FoodInsecurity and spreading desperation across the country, writes Uche Igwe @africaatlse.bsky.social.

Read the full article 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

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LSE Human Rights @lsehumanrights.bsky.social · Jul 14

Register for @africaatlse.bsky.social's "The Africa Rising Symposium", a thought leadership platform dedicated to shaping the conversations that matter most to Africa’s future.

📆 Saturday 19 July

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The Africa Rising Symposium

The Africa Rising Symposium 2025, the theme of the symposium will be "Beyond Potential: Africa's Age of Performance"

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