Conference Co-chairs’ Conclusions – final 15-9-21   CLIMATE CHANGE, CONFLICT AND DEMOGRAPHY IN THE SAHEL   CLIMATE AND SECURITY IN THE HORN OF AFRICA   CLIMATE AND SECURITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Climate, Conflict & Demography in Africa PR FINAL   Climate, Conflict & Demography in Africa Press Release Join some of Africa’s most senior and influential voices to debate these questions at a virtual conference on Climate, Conflict and De...

In Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove, a hapless British RAF officer (played by Peter Sellers) tries to prevent a maverick US general precipitating nuclear Armageddon. Spoiler alert: he fails. So did Boris Johnson in trying persuade President Biden to delay hi...

Photo Credit: IMF Photo/Cory Hancock   IMF-bashing takes many forms. The grounds for attack include the imposition of austerity in the 1980s in cohoots with the World Bank, a general intrusion into national sovereignty (whatever such means in the era of ...

  We are delighted to welcome our new Chair, Arunma Oteh. After a long career in national and international organisations, she brings great experience and skill to leading the Royal African Society into the next phase of growth. Welcome, Arunma!   Pr...

Photo Credit: USAID Nigeria   We could join the clamour surrounding the cuts to the UK development aid budget but will instead highlight one area where technical assistance from advanced economies could be expanded. This is the nurturing of regulated pens...

Workshop 5: A time for reflection   As we hit the halfway mark on 2021, we at the Royal African Society wanted to take the time to reflect on our 5th and final workshop in the Poetry in the Primary Classroom Programme.    After six months of discuss...

You might have noticed something different.   We have rebranded!   With 120 years of change behind us, the Royal African Society is evolving again.  Today we launch a new logo to mark our anniversary.  It marks a fresh, new stage for the Royal Afri...