19/04/2019
Russia’s comeback to Africa has been widely discussed since 2017.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Founded in 2007, the Sub-Saharan Africa Center of the French Institute of International Relations - Ifri works to address the cross-disciplinary issues that the African continent is facing. The Center achieves its mission through quality analyses available in various formats.
Aimed at renewing interpretative frameworks and nurturing public debate, the Center’s expertise offers helpful tools for policy-makers in 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, the OECD or the World Bank.
Launched in 2008, l’Afrique en questions covers topics of broad and current interest. In addition, the Policy Papers and Reports published by the Center provide more comprehensive analyses. These publications are combined with public events where politicians, academics, companies and civil society can promote dialogue about Africa and share analytical tools.
Afrique Décryptages, the Sub-Saharan Africa Center’s blog, provides information regarding the Center's activities, publication announcements, conference reports, and links to the Center's research fellows’ public appearances. Afrique Décryptages also works as a forum where the research fellows share their opinions about topical issues and stimulate debates and discussions.
Alain ANTIL
Research Fellow, Director of Ifri's Sub-Saharan Africa Center
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Sina SCHLIMMER
Research Fellow, Coordinator of the Governing the Urban Transition in Africa research programme, Ifri's Sub-Saharan Africa Center
Benjamin AUGE
Associate Research Fellow, Sub-Saharan Africa Center / Center for Energy and Climate
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François GAULME
Associate Research Fellow, Sub-Saharan Africa Center
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Mathieu PELLERIN
Associate Research Fellow, Sub-Saharan Africa Center
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Thierry VIRCOULON
Associate Research Fellow,Sub-Saharan Africa Center
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22/01/2019
On May 21st 2019, Malawi will hold its tripartite elections, where voters will vote for the President, Members of Parliament and local Councillors. 2019 will also mark the 25 years of multiparty politics in Malawi since the one-party regime presided by Hastings Kamuzu Banda came to an end in...
19/12/2018
Nowadays, numerous actors are involved in military cooperation programs aiming to strengthen African armed forces and build special partnerships.
18/12/2018
30/11/2018
This study analyses the various mechanisms that explain the leakage of the main source wealth in Nigeria at all levels of the production and commercialization of oil and gas, from the wellheads, with the bunkering of pipelines, up to the export of crude oil and the import of refined products,...
30/11/2018
Often described as an “ungoverned area”, the Niger-Libya border is nevertheless at the centre of major economic, political and security challenges. Both the Libyan authorities and the Nigerien state are struggling to establish tight control over this particularly isolated area.
08/10/2018
On June 5th 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain broke off diplomatic relations with Qatar and agreed to isolate the Emirate via an air and land blockade.
21/09/2018
Recently, Zambian politics have been changing in a pretty checkered manner. The threat of corruption, political violence and ethnic-politics has been growing since the ruling Patriotic Front Party (PF) assumed power in 2011.
10/09/2018
How do we get out of wars? One hundred years after 1918, Politique étrangère’s special report takes up this question from different perspectives in relation to the conflicts in which Western armies, willingly or otherwise, are embroiled.
19/07/2018
This paper aims to highlight both the financial, economic and political adjustment cycle, affecting two Central African petro-states, Gabon and the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville).
28
Jan
2010
from 16:30 to 18:30
- Conférences
Doing Business in Democratic Republic of Congo
Conference around Olivier Kamitatu, Planning Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Karim Dahou, Executive Programme Manager, NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative.
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13
Jan
2010
from 17:30 to 19:30
- Conférences
Governance and Oil in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa produces 7,1% of total world production, mostly in the Gulf of Guinea. New discoveries have taken place during the past few years, notably in Ghana, Ivory Coast and the the Great Lakes region. However, quality of governance, corruptio, income distribution, and corporate...
13
Jan
2010
from 16:30 to 18:30
- Conférences
Governance and Oil in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa produces 7,1% of total world production, mostly in the Gulf of Guinea. New discoveries have taken place during the past few years, notably in Ghana, Ivory Coast and the the Great Lakes region. However, quality of governance, corruptio, income distribution, and corporate...
17
Dec
2009
from 13:00 to 15:00
- Conférences
Food Crisis and Africa's Future Which Political and Economical Impacts?
At the end of 2007 / begining of 2008, many "food riots" burst in several regions in the world. Sub-saharian Africa was particularly concerned. These anger manifestations, which were not only motived by the food issue, had the merit to draw the medias' attention to the more...
17
Dec
2009
from 12:00 to 14:00
- Dinners and Luncheons
Food Crisis and Africa's Future
Les Mensuelles Ifri / Entreprises, a lunch debate to the exclusive attention of Ifri's Corporate members.
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05
Nov
2009
from 16:00 to 19:00
- Conférences
What Future for the Gabonese System?
Seminar around Guy Rossatanga-Rignault, professor, University of Libreville, Roland Pourtier, professor, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Douglas Yates, professor, American University of Paris. Chairman: François Gaulme
05
Nov
2009
from 15:00 to 18:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
What Future for the Gabonese System?
Seminar around Guy Rossatanga-Rignault, professor, University of Libreville, Roland Pourtier, professor, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Douglas Yates, professor, American University of Paris.
22
Oct
2009
from 18:00 to 19:30
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Perspectives for a Democratic Governance in Guinea Conakry
Conference with Sidya Touré, Former-PM of Guinea, Head of Union des Forces Républicaines (UFR) of Guinea
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22
Oct
2009
from 18:00 to 19:30
- Conférences
Perspectives for a Democratic Governance in Guinea Conakry
Conference with Sidya Touré, Former-PM of Guinea, Head of Union des Forces Républicaines (UFR) of Guinea
Chairman : Alain Antil, Head of Ifri's Sub-saharan Africa program. Speeches and debate will be held in French.
25
Sep
2009
from 14:30 to 17:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Ivory Coast's Electoral Process
First seminar of the cycle "Ivory Coast", organized in partnership with Cogid (General Coordination of Ivorians from the Diaspora) with Christian Bouquet, Professor, University Michel de Montaigne (Bordeaux 3), Massaër Diallo, Head of Unit, Governance,...
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.