We are delighted to announce the six inaugural fellows for the African Arguments Fellowship for Young Freelancers. For this pilot project, we received 500 applications from African freelance journalists under the age of 30 from across the continent. Following ...

(John Kahekwa)   RAS’s nominee, The Pole Pole Foundation supports gorillas and the local community in the eastern DRC.   This time last year Prince William and David Attenborough launched the Earthshot Prize to help protect the planet and spur ...

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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...