Africa Reports and Papers
Chatham House Reports are based on in-depth research conducted by experts based at or attached to Chatham House and include policy recommendations. Briefing Papers are shorter, policy relevant papers written by experts in their field.
Other Resources include other special reports, working papers, conference reports and proceedings, summary reports of meetings and seminars, transcripts and other relevant material.
Chatham House Reports
Decisions and Deadlines: A Critical Year for Sudan
Chatham House Report
Edward Thomas, January 2010
Thirst for African Oil: Asian National Oil Companies in Nigeria and Angola
Chatham House Report
Alex Vines, Lillian Wong, Markus Weimer and Indira Campos, August 2009
Ready to Lead? Rethinking America's Role in a Changed World
Chatham House Report
Dr Robin Niblett, February 2009
Against the Gathering Storm: Securing Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Chatham House Report
Edward Thomas, January 2009
Lost Opportunities in the Horn of Africa: How Conflicts Connect and Peace Agreements Unravel
Chatham House Report
Sally Healy, June 2008
Growth and Responsibility: A Review of Business Action for Africa between the UK and German G8 Presidencies 2005-7
Chatham House Report
Richard Reeve, June 2007
Sierra Leone: Reform or Relapse? Conflict and Governance Reform
Chatham House Report
Brian Thomson, June 2007
Anti-Corruption Challenges in Post-Election Democratic Republic of Congo
Chatham House Report
Muzong W Kodi, January 2007
Nigeria-Related Financial Crime and its links with Britain
Chatham House Report
Michael Peel, November 2006
Angola - Drivers of Change: An Overview
Chatham House Report
Chatham House, May 2005
Angola's Future (Portuguese version attached)
Chatham House Report
Africa Programme, November 2003
Briefing Papers
Economic Drivers of Conflict and Cooperation in the Horn of Africa
Briefing Paper
Roy Love, December 2009
North Africa: The Hidden Risks to Regional Stability
Briefing Paper
Claire Spencer, April 2009
Africa's New Human Rights Court: Whistling in the Wind?
Briefing Paper
Sonya Sceats, March 2009
Yemen: Fear of Failure
Briefing Paper
Ginny Hill, November 2008
Piracy in Somalia: Threatening Global Trade, Feeding Local Wars
Briefing Paper
Roger Middleton, October 2008
Sierra Leone a Year After Elections: Still in the Balance
Briefing Paper
Tom Cargill, September 2008
India and West Africa: A Burgeoning Relationship
Briefing Paper
Sushant K Singh, April 2007
The Rise and Fall of Mogadishu’s Islamic Courts
Briefing Paper
Cedric Barnes and Harun Hassan, April 2007
Ethiopia and Eritrea: Allergic to Persuasion
Briefing Paper
Sally Healy and Martin Plaut, January 2007
Crisis in the Niger Delta: How Failures of Transparency and Accountability are Destroying the Region
Briefing Paper
Michael Peel, July 2005
Petroleum, Poverty and Security
Briefing Paper
Keith Myers, June 2005
Blair's G8 Gamble: Prospects for Gleneagles
Briefing Paper
Chatham House, June 2005
Senegal: Mouvement des Forces Democratique de la Casamance
Briefing Paper
Martin Evans, December 2004
Kibaki`s Triumph: The Kenyan General Election
Briefing Paper
David W. Throup, June 2003
Elections in Africa: The Past Ten Years
Briefing Paper
Heather Deegan, April 2003
Liberia: Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD)
Briefing Paper
James Brabazon, February 2003
Post-Election Bulletin:Seychelles 2002
Briefing Paper
Heather Deegan, February 2003
Other Resources
Private Sector-led Growth in Africa: Obstacles, Opportunities and Dilemmas on the Road Ahead
Transcript
Chatham House, Michael Foster, November 2009
Private Sector-led Growth in Africa: Obstacles, Opportunities and Dilemmas on the Road Ahead
Transcript
Chatham House, Ulla Tørnæs, November 2009
Nigeria’s Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Just a Glorious Audit?
Programme Paper
Nicholas Shaxson, November 2009
The Red Flag Rises: South Africa at the Crossroads
Programme Paper
Martin Plaut, November 2009
Africa International: Agency and Interdependency in a Changing World
Conference Summary
Sophie Harman and Stephen Hurt, October 2009
Piracy and Legal Issues: Reconciling Public and Private Interests
Conference Report
Chatham House, October 2009
Somaliland: Democracy Threatened
Briefing Note
Michael Walls, September 2009
Angola as a Global Player
Conference Report
Markus Weimer, August 2009
Comoros: External Involvement in a Small Island State
Programme Paper
Simon Massey and Bruce Baker, August 2009
China in Africa - Preparing for the Next Forum for China Africa Cooperation
Briefing Note
Dr Kerry Brown and Dr Zhang Chun, June 2009
Mozambique Fact Sheet
Programme Paper
Chatham House, June 2009
Angola Fact Sheet
Programme Paper
Alex Vines, June 2009
Procurement for Development Forum Meeting V - Consumer Attitudes
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, June 2009
The Evolution of the Peace Process in Côte d’Ivoire
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, May 2009
What is the Future for Africa’s Emerging Markets?
Transcript
Chatham House, May 2009
Report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria 2009
APPG Report on Nigeria
Chatham House, April 2009
Pirates and How to Deal With Them
Briefing Note
Roger Middleton, April 2009
Entrepreneurs of Violence: Rebel Groups and Militias in Africa
Transcript
Chatham House, April 2009
Mozambique: Development Failure or Donor Success?
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, April 2009
First Peace, then Justice: Dilemmas of Human Rights Enforcement in our Times
Transcript
Professor Bereket Habte Selassie, April 2009
The Economics of Conflict and Integration in the Horn of Africa
Workshop Summary
Chatham House, March 2009
Somaliland's Role in the Stability of the Horn of Africa
Meeting Transcript
Chatham House, March 2009
State Government Solutions to the Niger Delta Troubles: Key Challenges, Needs and Strategies
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, February 2009
The Search for Innovative Options for the Forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Report of a Roundtable Process
Alison Hoare, January 2009
Alternative Management Models and Finance Mechanisms for Sustainable Forest Use in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Meeting Report
Alison Hoare, October 2008
Angola's Elections: A Democratic Oil Giant?
Programme Paper
Indira Campos, September 2008
Japan–African Engagement and TICAD IV: Can Japan Lead the Way on African Development?
Programme Paper
Elizabeth Donnelly, July 2008
Towards Sustainable Management and Financing of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Forests
Research Report
Alison Hoare, Duncan Macqueen, Muzong Kodi, Simon Counsell, Cath Long and Pat Hardcastle, July 2008
Japan-African Engagement: The Outcomes of TICAD IV and the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit Agenda
Conference Opening Remarks
Chatham House, June 2008
The Crisis in Somalia
Meeting Transcript
Transcript of Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, June 2008
Options for the EU to Support the African Peace and Security Architecture
Programme Paper
Alex Vines and Roger Middleton, June 2008
The Tokyo International Conference on African Development: Something Old, Something New?
Background Note
Elizabeth Donnelly, May 2008
Britain in Africa – Book Launch
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, May 2008
Address by Deng Alor - Foreign Minister of Sudan
Transcript
Deng Alor, April 2008
India's Engagement with the African Indian Ocean Rim States
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, April 2008
India's Engagement with the African Indian Ocean Rim States
Programme Paper
Alex Vines and Bereni Oruitemeka, April 2008
Regional Integration in Southern Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
Transcript
Alex Vines, March 2008
Angola and China: A Pragmatic Partnership
Working Paper
Indira Campos and Alex Vines, March 2008
Report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria
APPG on Nigeria (November 2007 visit report), February 2008
Launch of the Report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, February 2008
Darfur and Sino-African Relations
Transcript
Ambassador Liu Guijin, February 2008
Security Sector Reform and Non-State Policing in Africa
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, January 2008
Eritrea’s Regional Role and Foreign Policy: Past, Present and Future Perspectives
Seminar Report
Sally Healy OBE, January 2008
Sudan: Where is the Comprehensive Peace Agreement Heading?
Seminar Report
Sally Healy OBE, January 2008
Kenya's Elections: Key Challenges
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, December 2007
Prospects for Sierra Leone
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, November 2007
The Role of the Angolan National Electoral Commission in Angola's Next Elections
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, October 2007
Africa: options for development
Transcript
Michael Keating, October 2007
Eritrea's Economic Survival
Conference Report
Sally Healy, September 2007
Africa's Global Relevance and Uganda's Growing Role
Meeting Transcript
Chatham House, September 2007
Côte d'Ivoire's Forces Nouvelles
Africa Programme Paper
Daniel Balint-Kurti, September 2007
Toward an Angola Strategy: Prioritizing US-Angola Relations
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, September 2007
Nigeria After the Elections: 100 Days of President Yar'Adua
Briefing Note
Sola Tayo, September 2007
Conflict in the Ogaden and its Regional Dimension
Seminar Report
Sally Healy OBE, September 2007
The Niger Delta Crisis: causes, consequences and potential for resolution
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, September 2007
Zimbabwe's Gukurahundi: Lessons from the 1980-1988 Disturbances in Matabeleland and The Midlands
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, September 2007
Alternative visions for Somalia
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, July 2007
The Chad Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project: A non completion report
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, July 2007
Guns for Gold in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Meeting summary
Chatham House, July 2007
Yemen and the Horn of Africa
Roundtable summary
Chatham House, June 2007
Human Rights Watch: Justice in Central Africa
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, June 2007
All Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria
May-June Newsletter 2007
APPG on Nigeria, June 2007
Poisoned Wells: the Dirty Politics of African Oil
Meeting summary
Chatham House, May 2007
Failed Muslim States: Somalia and Afghanistan
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, April 2007
The Islamic Courts and Ethiopia’s Intervention in Somali: Redemption or Adventurism?
Transcript
Professor Said S Samatar, April 2007
Summary of the Discussion following Michael Brown’s Presentation: A Demand-Driven Model for Combating Corruption: Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Meeting summary
Chatham House, April 2007
A Demand-Driven Model for Combating Corruption: Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Powerpoint presentation
Chatham House, April 2007
Nigeria: Securing the Future
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, April 2007
The UN, the International Community and the DRC
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, March 2007
Fostering unity in a Fragmented Nation: The role of religion in Nigeria
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, March 2007
All Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria Launch of Report
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, March 2007
Human Rights and the Future of Nigerian Politics: a discussion with Human Rights Watch about the upcoming elections
Transcript
Chatham House, February 2007
Somalia's Future
Transcript
President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, February 2007
The Nigerian 2007 Election: A Guide for Journalists and Commentators
Sola Tayo, February 2007
Peace by piece: addressing Sudan`s conflicts
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, February 2007
French Foreign Policy in Africa: Between Pré Carré and Multilateralism
Working Paper
Sylvain Touati, February 2007
Islam Between Clash and Concord of Civilizations: Changing Relations Between the Muslim World and the United States
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, January 2007
All Party Parliamentary Group on Angola Report Launch
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, January 2007
Charles Margai, Leader of the People`s Movement for Democratic Change, Sierra Leone
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, December 2006
Launch of World Bank Report - Africa`s Silk Road: China and India`s New Economic Frontier
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, November 2006
All Party Parliamentary Group on Angola Report
APPG on Angola, September 2006
Beyond The Watershed: After The Elections In The Democratic Republic Of Congo
Transcript
Dr Muzong Kodi, July 2006
Elections in Nigeria
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, July 2006
Child Soldiers in Africa
Transcript
Chatham House, May 2006
Oil and Elections: Prospects for the Resolution of Oil Conflict in the Niger Delta and Potential Impacts on the 2007 Elections
Meeting Summary
Chatham House, April 2006
Politics and Security in the Central African Republic
Transcript
Chatham House, March 2006
APPG Niger Delta report launch
Africa Programme, December 2005
The Shadow Commission for Africa report launch by The African Families Foundation
Africa Programme, November 2005
Alex Vines on UN Sanctions in Africa
Transcript
Africa Programme, November 2005
Human Rights Watch Presentation: Ethics and the Gold business in the DRC
Meeting Summary
Africa Programme, July 2005
The Challenges for Free and Fair Elections in Angola
Conference Report
Africa Programme, July 2005
Sierra Leone: Beyond Weapons Conflict
Transcript
Africa Programme, June 2005
British attitudes to Africa
Briefing Note
Eva Kaplan, March 2005
Corporate Strategies for Dealing with HIV/AIDS
SABMiller Roundtable Discussion
Africa Programme, March 2005
Rwandan Parliamentary delegation led by The Honourable Alfred Mukezamfura, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies
Transcript Summary
Africa Programme, December 2004
The Future of Peace in Burundi
Transcript Summary
Africa Programme, November 2004
No Peace, No War in the Great Lakes of Africa
Transcript Summary
Africa Programme, November 2004
Blood and Soil: Land, politics and conflict prevention in Zimbabwe and South Africa
Meeting Summary
Africa Programme, September 2004
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