Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
Associate Professor of International Studies broadly working on ethnic politics, conflict analysis, democracy and democratic transition, electoral and language politics.
Free of sanctions, Burundi can start to recover and rebuild
Feb 18, 2022 08:33 am UTC| Economy
Since 2015, crippling sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) and the US have held back the economy of Burundi, a landlocked country of 12.5 million people in east Africa. The sanctions were imposed in response to the...
Why the clamour for a referendum in Kenya is ill- timed and ill-advised
Oct 29, 2018 19:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Political manoeuvring in Kenya is picking up steam again. Its most evident in the controversial clamour and debate for yet another national referendum ostensibly to help the country fix governance and constitutional...
Kenyatta has his work cut out for him as he navigates Trump's world
Aug 28, 2018 15:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyattas meeting with his US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House carries symbolic as well as real value. The two leaders have met once before on the sidelines of the 2017 G7 meeting in...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight