Archive of past news items

February 2026

IDCPPA Research Seminar - 20 February 2026 - Jeremy Seekings - Main Findings from Zambia Election Research Network (ZERN) Round 1 Survey - Thu, 02/19/2026 - 11:49

December 2025

Political Parties in Africa: 2026 online conference (Click to see link for Registration) - Thu, 12/11/2025 - 16:52
COM-PRES - Thu, 12/11/2025 - 15:12
School feeding programmes - Thu, 12/11/2025 - 14:37
The 2024 Elections in Botswana - Thu, 12/11/2025 - 14:33
The Evolving Roles of Government and Development Partners in Malawi’s Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP): Past, Present, and Future - Thu, 12/11/2025 - 13:59

November 2025

Emeritus Professor Chris Saunders New Book - Communist Actors in African Decolonial Transitions - Tue, 11/25/2025 - 08:57

October 2025

New Research by Dr. Hangala Siachiwena Explores Policy Reform and Resource Governance in Africa - Tue, 10/28/2025 - 13:25
IDCPPA Research Seminar - 31 October - Irina Filatova - Russia, the War in Ukraine, and South Africa in the Transforming World - Fri, 10/24/2025 - 10:08
Research Seminar (17 October 2025) - Rambos’ Rule: Gender, Guns and Violence in the Papua New Guinea Highlands - Mon, 10/13/2025 - 12:29

September 2025

Research Seminar - Was South Africa’s 2024 election a win for democracy? Highlights from Afrobarometer’s election panel survey. - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 16:06
Research Seminar - Sustainable Development as an African Agenda - Thu, 09/18/2025 - 13:09

August 2025

Research Seminar - The Political Economy of Social Protection in Francophone West and Central Africa: A Comparison with Anglophone Africa - Fri, 08/29/2025 - 13:50
Research Seminar - Of “hegemonists [and] a clique of thieves”: Ethnic politics, corruption, and populism in Zambia under President Hichilema - Fri, 08/29/2025 - 13:34
IDCPPA New Seminar Series - Tue, 08/26/2025 - 12:02

May 2025

Dr. Hangala Siachiwena Participates in Regional Conference on Poverty Reduction and Climate Resilience - Tue, 05/27/2025 - 16:57

November 2024

Dr Sikanyiso Masuku interviewed by BBC focus on the implication of the South African ICJ case against Israel on Africa - Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:04
PhD Martin Fikiri Oswald Attends UMAPS Colloquium - Mon, 11/25/2024 - 10:44

October 2024

IDCPPA Emeritus Professor Chris Saunders latest for 2024, and upcoming projects - Thu, 10/10/2024 - 11:24

October 2023

IDCPPA report to UCT - Mon, 10/23/2023 - 13:05
How people understand inequalities of wealth: WealthTalks Project - Mon, 10/23/2023 - 12:44
Chris Saunders presents at King's College and the European Conference on African Studies - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 15:09
The 2021 Zambian Election - Thu, 10/05/2023 - 12:39
Dr. Sishuwa Sishuwa takes up appointment at Stellenbosch - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 12:49

September 2023

Reimagining Social Protection - Thu, 09/28/2023 - 12:32
Afrobarometer: Round 9 Survey Update - Sat, 09/23/2023 - 14:09

August 2023

IDCPPA & Afrobarometer Host Geospatial Information Systems Workshop - Thu, 08/24/2023 - 19:15
Afrobarometer Round 10 Planning Meeting - Mon, 08/07/2023 - 18:06

July 2023

DRC Conflict - Tensions arising as peace diminishes, how are international relations influencing the situation? - Tue, 07/25/2023 - 11:00
Do beliefs, norms and ideas matter in public policy? - Thu, 07/20/2023 - 19:01
What changes when the government changes? - Fri, 07/07/2023 - 12:00

February 2022

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Public Opinion in Africa - Mon, 02/14/2022 - 12:30

December 2021

Zambia under the new government - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 16:30
Congratulations to Dr Primrose Bimha - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 16:15
Congratulations to John Akokpari and Ndangwa Noyoo - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 16:15

September 2021

The Zambian Election Panel Study - Thu, 09/09/2021 - 16:30
Zambia holds the president and ruling party to account - Thu, 09/09/2021 - 16:15
Pre-election polls in Zambia - Thu, 09/09/2021 - 16:15

May 2021

Presidential Succession: (Unexpected) presidential turnover and its consequences in Africa - Thu, 05/13/2021 - 08:00
Zambia 2011 - 2021: Presidentialism, Legal Autocratisation and Democratic Backsliding - Thu, 05/13/2021 - 08:00
Academics rally behind Sishuwa Sishuwa - Thu, 05/06/2021 - 09:45
Populism in Power: Public Policy in Zambia Under President Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front Government - Mon, 05/03/2021 - 09:00
Dr Michael Aeby has published a new article - Mon, 05/03/2021 - 08:15

April 2021

The Unfinished Business of Liberation Webinar Series - 05 May 2021 - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 12:00
Academics rally behind Sishuwa Sishuwa - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 11:30

February 2021

Launch Event - Report on Civil Society Participation in Peace-Making and Mediation Support in the APSA - Tue, 02/23/2021 - 11:15

January 2021

Political Parties in Africa Project Virtual Conference - Thu, 01/14/2021 - 04:15

December 2020

The poor performance of the South African government in delivering food in the first months of the 2020 lockdown criticized - Tue, 12/15/2020 - 14:00
The third edition of Chris Saunders's Historical Dictionary of South Africa has been published. - Wed, 12/09/2020 - 12:00
Hangala Siachiwena’s PhD thesis has been passed! - Wed, 12/09/2020 - 11:00