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Early February, a new cohort of master’s students will travel to Nairobi for an LDE Thesis Lab on Just and Sustainable Urban and Energy Transitions in Kenya. The lab brings together students, researchers and practitioners to explore how cities can move towards more sustainable and inclusive development.

Are you looking for a suitable master's programme to further specialise and prepare for a successful career? Find out all about the Master African Studies, during the Master's Open Day on Friday 6 February!

Net zero has become a core framing concept for climate action globally. However, action on net zero has not been homogeneous across the globe. During the first ASCL Seminar of 2026, Jessica Omukuti (Oxford Net Zero) will highlight the politics shaping engagement with net zero in African countries. Join us!

 This Library Highlight showcases three new acquisitions with a compelling background story: Algériennes surexposées: Marc Garanger dans la guerre d’Algérie by Zalia Sékaï, British colonisation of Northern Nigeria, 1897-1914: a reinterpretation of colonial sources by Mahmud Modibbo Tukur, and the FESPACO catalogues 2021 Pro, 2023, and 2023 Pro.

Globally, it has become clear that mineral extraction, once heralded as the epitome of progress, is central to the Climate Crisis in the Anthropocene. In the latest volume of the African Dynamics Series, the contributors write histories and ethnographies of mining in southern Africa in which the human is decentred.