05/09/2017
The African National Congress (ANC), which has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid, is in decline.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Created in 2007, the Africa Studies Center of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) works to address cross-disciplinary issues that the African continent is facing. The Center achieves its mission through quality analyses available in various formats. Launched in 2008, l’Afrique en questions concerns topics of broad and current interest. Policy Papers and Reports published by the Center give deeper analyses.
Aimed at renewing interpretative frameworks and nurturing public debate, the Center’s expertise offers helpful tools in policy-making towards Africa. The Center also provides analyses for some key actors in Africa such as the French Ministry of the Armed Forces (Ministère des Armées), the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères), International Crisis Group, OECD or World Bank.
Publications are combined with public events where politicians, academics, companies and civil society can promote dialogue about Africa and share analytical tools.
Be sure to check out Afrique Décryptages, the African Studies Center’s blog
This blog provides information regarding the Center activities. Publication announcements, conference reports as well as links to our researchers’ public appearances. Afrique Décryptages also works as a forum where researchers are free to share their opinions about topical issues in order to stimulate debates and discussions.
Alain ANTIL
Researcher and Head of the African Studies Center
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Clélie NALLET
Research fellow at the African Studies Center
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Victor MAGNANI
Project Officer at the African Studies Center
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Benjamin AUGE
Associate Research Fellow
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Mathieu PELLERIN
Associate Fellow at the Sub-Saharan Africa Centre
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François GAULME
Associate Fellow at the Sub-Saharan Africa Centre
The research of the program revolves around the following themes:
(1) Social and economic mutations of Africa
- The middle-class emergence and its consumption pattern
- African cities and the urbanization of the continent
- The competition for land
- The State evolution and governance issues
(2) Africa in international relations
- The traditional partners’ African policies (France, United Kingdom…)
- The emerging partners’ African policies (China, Turkey, Brazil)
- Governance and geopolitics of the extractive sector
(3) Security matters
- Security situation in Sahel
- Trafficking economies
Consult this page (French only) to get on to our latest publications
31/07/2017
If some African countries are on their way to achieving dynamic economic growth, many are also still struggling with a lack of economic and social infrastructure, latent governance issues and often complex and risky security environments. In this context, both Japan and European countries,...
31/07/2017
What is the political significance of Southern Africa’s “hashtag movements”, socio-political campaigns using social media to disseminate information and to mobilise concerned and previously quiet segments of the public?
20/06/2017
By organising TICAD (Tokyo International Conference on African Development) for the first time in Africa in August 2016, Japan intended to accelerate and deepen its relationship with the continent.
13/06/2017
What makes you middle class? Is it your income, occupation, or education? Your family background or maybe the house and neighbourhood you live in? It is probably all of these things.
01/06/2017
There is still a big gap between the discourse and the reality of what Japan wants - and what it can achieve in Africa.
17/05/2017
This paper documents new features of Japan's diplomacy that tends to gradually integrate Africa into Japan's strategic interests.
04/05/2017
2016 proved to be a most challenging year for Mozambique. Small-scale conflict, which started reappearing between the government and the opposition party, the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), in 2013, intensified over the course of the year, whilst peace negotiations stalled. ...
05/04/2017
For many observers, a change in perception of the African continent occurred in the 2010s. Attention has focused on the relatively high rates of economic growth and a high population growth associated with urban expansion; both indicators interpreted as promises of economic “emergence” leading...
31/03/2017
France’s current presidential campaign has created an unprecedented situation fuelled by revelations and a total absence of restraint, but it has not truly taken account of the disruptions of the last year: Brexit, the attempted coup in Turkey, the election of Donald Trump, the recapturing of...
17
Dec
2010
from 08:00 to 16:30
- Ifri Conferences
Energy, growth and sustainable development: an African issue
Conférence co-organisée par le Secrétariat du Cinquantenaire des indépendances...
03
Nov
2010
from 18:00 to 19:30
- Ifri Conferences
Punching Below Their Weight? Critical Reflections on Anglo-French Cooperation in Africa
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03
Nov
2010
from 17:00 to 18:30
- Ifri Conferences
Punching Below Their Weight? Critical Reflections on Anglo-French Cooperation in Africa
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19
Oct
2010
from 09:00 to 11:30
- Ifri Conferences
Fragile States, the ultimate frontier. African cases
Event organised in association with the International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF), OECD.
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19
Oct
2010
from 09:00 to 11:30
- Ifri Conferences
Fragile States, the ultimate frontier. African cases
Event organised in association with the International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF), OECD.
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24
Jun
2010
from 09:00 to 18:00
- External Events
Francophonie in Africa: What Future?
Colloque organisé à l"Assemblée Nationale sous le haut patronage de Bernard Accoyer, Président de l"Assemblée nationale, en partenariat avec l"Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) dans le cadre du Cinquantenaire des indépendances africaines.
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11
Jun
2010
from 09:00 to 10:30
- Ifri Conferences
Obama administration's Strategy for Africa "Promoting Stability and Democracy in Africa: Through Collaborative Diplomacy"
Event organized in partnership with the French-American Foundation
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11
Jun
2010
from 09:00 to 10:30
- Ifri Conferences
Obama administration's Strategy for Africa
Event organized in partnership with the French-American Foundation
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25
May
2010
16
Apr
2010
from 09:00 to 11:00
- Ifri Conferences
Zuma Administration: Drift or Shift?
On the 10th of May, controversial Jacob Zuma will celebrate his first year as President of the Republic of South Africa; position where many analysts did not think he would fit the job. What is the situation one year later? While he claims to be in Nelson Mandela's tradition, Marianne Séverin...
The Sub-Saharan Africa program and its Associate Fellows are accustomed to sharing their expertise with the media. Our experts mainly speak French, but they can also intervene in English. Consult our researchers’ geographic and thematic specialties on their profile.
Find out about Afrique Décryptages, the blog of the Ifri Sub-Saharan Africa program.
http://afriquedecryptages.wordpress.com/
This blog is an information space on the program's activities. On these pages you will find our publication announcements, conference reports, as well as web links to our researchers’ lectures in the media. This blog is also a place for the program researchers to express themselves, and you will regularly find their points of view and original analysis on topical subjects in short formats meant to spark debate.
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