Politics & International Relations

• Africa is a Country 

Founded in 2009, this site contains opinion, analysis and new writing. 

• The Africa Programme at Chatham House 

This site offers reliable, independent, policy-focused research covering all countries in sub-Saharan Africa. 

• African Arguments 

This is a pan-African platform for news, investigation and opinion, analysing issues facing the continent and providing a platform for a diversity of voices. Over two-thirds of articles published in 2019 were by African authors. 

• Digital Innovation South Africa 

Online scholarly resource focusing on the socio-political history of South Africa, particularly the struggle for freedom during the period from 1950 to the first democratic elections in 1994

• ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) 

Founded in 1975, ECOWAS is a 15-member regional group with a mandate of promoting economic integration and self-sufficiency across West Africa.

• Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa 

The liberation of Southern Africa and the dismantling of the Apartheid regime was one of the major political developments of the 20th century, with far-reaching consequences for people throughout Africa and around the globe. Access a collection of documents which focuses on the complex and varied liberation struggles in the region, with an emphasis on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. It brings together materials from various archives and libraries throughout the world documenting colonial rule, dispersion of exiles, international intervention, and the worldwide networks that supported successive generations of resistance within the region.