The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa â all related to developments in one calendar year. The Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on African-European relations. While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range of target groups: students, politicians, diplomats, administrators, journalists, teachers, practitioners in the field of development aid as well as business people.
Seidu M. Alidu, Ph,D. (2010), is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Departmental of Political Science at the University of Ghana. As a Senior Lecturer he conducts research, teaches and provides extension services to local communities, the country and the international community at large.
Benedikt Kamski, Ph.D. (2017) in Political Science, University of Freiburg, is a post-doctoral researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute and political analyst based in Addis Ababa. His research focus is on Ethiopiaâs development model, hydro-agricultural development, and politico-economic dynamics across the Horn of Africa. He is a founding member of the Omo-Turkana Research Network.
Andreas Mehler, Ph.D. (1993) in Political Science, University of Hamburg, is Director of the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute and Professor of Political Science at the University of Freiburg. He has published extensively on democratisation processes and violent conflicts in West and Central Africa. He is the initiator and currently President of the executive council of the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA).
David Sebudubudu, Ph.D. (2002) in Political Science, University of Leeds, is Professor of Poltiical Science at the Department of Political and Administrative Studies (PAS), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Botswana, and Professor Extraordinarius at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs (TM School), University of South Africa (UNISA). His research interests include civil society, the state and democracy, political corruption, ethics and accountability, African poliitcs, debates about development and the wider political economy, and published widely in these areas.
Preface Abbreviations Factual Overview (as of 31 December 2024) List of Authors
Part 1
Sub-Saharan Africa
âSeidu Alidu, Benedikt Kamski, Andreas Mehler, and David Sebudubudu
Part 2
AfricanâEuropean Relations
âBenedikt Erforth and Niels Keijzer
Part 3
West Africa
âSeidu M. Alidu
Benin
âIssifou Abou Moumouni
Burkina Faso
âDaniel Eizenga
Cabo Verde
âGerhard Seibert
Côte dâIvoire
âJesper Bjarnesen
The Gambia
âAkpojevbe Omasanjuwa
Ghana
âGeorge M. Bob-Milliar
Guinea
âSeidu M. Alidu
Guinea-Bissau
âChristoph Kohl
Liberia
âAaron Weah
Mali
âBruce Whitehouse
Mauritania
âBaba Adou
Niger
âErik Komlavi Hahonou
Nigeria
âHeinrich Bergstresser
Senegal
âMamadou Bodian
Sierra Leone
âKrijn Peters
Togo
âHans-Joachim PreuÃ
Part 4
Central Africa
âAndreas Mehler
Cameroon
âFanny Pigeaud
Central African Republic
âAndreas Mehler
Chad
âKetil Fred Hansen
Congo
âBrett L. Carter
Democratic Republic of the Congo
âHans Hoebeke and Koen Vlassenroot