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The Africa All Party Parliamentary Group (AAPPG) began work on a report into the impacts of the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with African states in December 2015. Following the outcome of the UK Brexit referendum vote in June 2016, the focus of this inquiry was changed to... more
This is the submission of the APPG for Africa together with the Royal African Society to the Trade Bill Committee in February 2018. This submission is based on the APPG report of February 2017 of UK-Africa trade post-Brexit. For more infromation on the work of the Trade Bill Committee and other... more
This is the submission of the APPG for Africa to the International Trade Select Committee inquiry into UK trade with developing countries post-Brexit. The APPG's submission is based on the findings of the APPG report on the subject from February 2017.
The key reccomendation of the report... more
This week the UK hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London, with various activities for 53 Commonwealth member states, including 19 African countries.
We were delighted to organise the following three events for our corporate members and partners on Tuesday 17th... more
Are you passionate about African film?
We are currently looking for an experienced Festival Producer to deliver this year's Film Africa festival! This is a great opportunity to join the dynamic Royal African Society team! Deadline: Monday, 9 April, 5PM.
Film Africa is London... more
Africa Writes is back!
Friday 30 June – Sunday 2 July 2017
Brought to you by The Royal African Society
Join us for an exciting summer weekend at the British Library celebrating the best of contemporary literature from Africa and the diaspora.
Last year we were joined by 67... more
These are meeting minutes from the Africa APPG & RAS event in parliament on the 20th July 2016. An audio recording of the event in available here.
On the 20th July, the Africa APPG together with RAS arranged an panel meeting in parliament. This discussion brought together various... more
This morning, The Royal African Society (RAS) hosted a business breakfast entitled “Japan & Africa: A new kind of relationship?”, in association with the Government of Japan. The event was a pre-cursor to the 6th Tokyo International Conference on African... more
This is a meeting memo from the Africa All Party Parliamentray Group. A full audio recording of the event together with slides from the panel presentations is available here.
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A report from the Africa All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) and think tank Polygeia has suggested that initial awareness messaging may have exacerbated the fear felt by communities affected by Ebola and even discouraged those with symptoms from seeking medical attention.... more
RAS council member Susana Edjang is a nominee for the 2015 Women for Africa Awards. Ms. Edjang is nominated in the category of ‘Inspirational Woman of the Year’.
Susana Edjang is an international development, global health and policy expert who currently serves as Economic, Social and... more
Image Credit: Yves Salmon, Africa Writes, 2014
Africa Writes 2015 – Call out for Volunteers
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Africa Writes 2015 Volunteer
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Minimum of 2 shifts throughout Africa Writes (3 - 5 July... more
Image: Photo taken at UKAPPGsIntDev meeting with Amina J Mohammed, Lord Loomba, Lord McConnell & Stephen O'Brien (left to right) March 2015
The meeting was attended by MPs, Peers, NGO representatives and post-2015 liaison officers from a number of... more
Image Credit: DFID
A convoy of vehicles loaded with generators and other supplies from DFID arrives at the Kerry Town Treatment Unit in Sierra Leone.
It has been more than a year since the start of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and a disease which started with a fearsome... more
On the 28th January 2015, the Africa APPG met with John Vine CBE QPM, the recently retired Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration. The APPG is currently making enquiries into the current decision making process for visa applications from Africans attempting to visit the UK and John... more
Roger Nord, Deputy Director for Africa at the IMF recently attended a parliamentary high-level roundtable arranged by the Africa APPG and chaired by Lord Steel, the APPG's President.
Mr Nord presented the recently released Regional Economic Outlook on Sub-Saharan Africa and said that despite... more
On Tuesday, the Africa APPG hosted a high-level panel discussion chaired by Baroness Kinnock. The meeting brought together Parliamentarians, Ambassadors and High Commissioners from African countries and leading experts on health in Africa to discuss African health leadership.
Lord Crisp opened the... more
This week the Africa APPG held a parliamentary roundtable with the African Union’s Peace and Security Commissioner, Ambassador Smail Chergui and chaired by Lord Steel. The Ambassador explained the AU Framework for Peace and Security, covering the mechanisms of the Peace and Security... more
ASA UK Conference
The annual African Studies Association UK conference took place from 9th September-11th September at the University of Sussex. Held every two years, the conference was again a great success.
This year’s conference featured an exciting collection of panellists presenting a... more
RAS council member Susana Edjang, an international development, global health and policy expert who currently serves as Economic, Social and Development Affairs Officer for the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations, is one of thirteen professionals selected for the 2014 Yale... more
This month, last year in collaboration with the Investment Institute at Investec Asset Management, we launched 'Emerging Africa' a book by Kingsely Moghalu, Deputy Governor of the Nigerian Central Bank.
He nicely sent us a copy of the book in the very beautiful paperback edition.... more
Senior BBC presenter and host the BBC World News, Zeinab Badawi, has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Royal African Society.
Richard Dowden, Executive Director, Royal African Society, said:
“It is tremendous that the RAS will have a new Chair who is well known for her commitment... more
So the RAS team went out for a long overdue staff outing to ZSL London Zoo last week – some debate was had about the ethical considerations of keeping animals in zoos – on the one hand, many zoos like ZSL now have strong conservation programmes, on the other hand, some animals just don... more
A submission by the Africa APPG to the BIS Select Committee inquiry on the extractive industries, drawing on Members' experiences of the extractive industries in Africa.
In Memoriam: Komla Dumor
We, at the Royal African Society are very saddened to learn of the passing of journalist, Komla Dumor who died suddenly on Saturday 18th January; we extend our most heart-felt condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.
Komla Dumor was well-known to... more
Related events & meetings
Thursday, 28 February 2019 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Heineken in Africa: In Conversation with Olivier Van Beemen
Date: Thursday 28th Feb 2019, 18:30 – 20:30
Venue: Djam Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
For Heineken, ‘rising Africa’ is already a reality: the profits it... more
Thursday, 7 March 2019 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy
Date & Time: Thursday 7th March, 18:30 – 20:30
Venue: Djam Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
From a war-torn and famine-plagued country at the beginning of the 1990s,... more
Thursday, 21 March 2019 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
The New Pan-Africanism: Globalism and the Nation State in Africa
Thursday 21 March, 18:30 - 20:00, followed by a networking reception
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS
Nationalism and the nation state, globalization and Pan-Africanism are leading international relations... more