Extensive fieldwork is a core component of our research in the Sahel and in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our researchers combine qualitative and quantitative methods to produce high quality research of direct policy relevance to both Norwegian and international stakeholders.
Fafo's current research in Africa focuses on:
- mobility and displacement
- war and peacekeeping economies
- local and global developments in education
- health and child labour
- social movements and inequality
- politics of faith and secularism in the Sahel
Fafo receives funding for our Africa projects from a range of institutions, including the Norwegian Research Council, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the World Bank, the US Institute of Peace, and the Norwegian Development Agency (NORAD).
Researchers
Mapatano Mala Ali, Christiane Horwood & Anne Hatløy
Building a new master’s and PhD programme in nutritional epidemiology in KinshasaHow to face obstacles beyond the control of the project
Bekele Shiferaw, Tewodros Aragie Kebede, Menale Kassie and Monica Fisher
Market imperfections, access to information and technology adoption in Uganda: challenges of overcoming multiple constraints Agricultural EconomicsKismul H, Hatløy, Andersen P, Mapatano M, Van den Broeck J and Molland KM (2015).
The social context of severe child malnutrition: a qualitative household case study from a rural area of the Democratic Republic of Congo International Journal for Equity in HealthKathleen M. Jennings
Life in a ‘Peace-kept’ City: Encounters with the Peacekeeping Economy Journal of Intervention and StatebuildingKathleen M. Jennings
Service, sex, and security: Gendered peacekeeping economies in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Security DialogueTone Sommerfelt
From cutting to fading: A relational perspective on marriage exchange and sociality in rural Gambia Social AnalysisKathleen M. Jennings
Unintended Consequences of Intimacy: Political Economies of Peacekeeping and Sex Tourism International PeacekeepingAnne Kielland
Barnearbeidsmigrasjoner i ulike landskapEn sammenstilling av barns arbeidsvandringer i Vest-Agder (1830-1910) og Vest Afrika (1980-2009)
Bjørkhaug I and Anne Hatløy A
Utilisation of Respondent Driven Sampling among a population of child workers in the diamond mining sector of Sierra Leone Global Public HealthKathleen M. Jennings
The political economy of DDR in Liberia: a gendered critique Conflict, Security and DevelopmentBøås M and Hatløy A
Child labour in West Africa: Different children – Different work – Different vulnerabilities International MigrationBøås M and Hatløy A
Alcohol and drugs in post-war Sierra Leone Journal of Drug and Alcohol StudiesMorten Bøås and Anne Hatløy
‘Getting in, getting out’: militia membership and prospects for re-integration in post-war Liberia Journal of Modern African StudiesBekele A. Shiferaw, Tewodros Aragie Kebede and Liang You
Technology adoption under seed access constraints and the economic impacts of improved pigeon pea varieties in Tanzania Agricultural EconomicsHallund J, Hatløy A, Benesi I and Thilsted SH
Snacks are important for fat and vitamin intakes among rural African women: a cross-sectional study from Malawi European Journal of Clinical NutritionKathleen M. Jennings
The Struggle to Satisfy: DDR Through the Eyes of Ex-Combatants in Liberia International PeacekeepingMorten Bøås and Kathleen M. Jennings
‘Failed States’ and ‘State Failure’: Threats or Opportunities? GlobalizationsPedersen, Jon & Tone Sommerfelt
Studying children in armed conflict: Data production, social indicators and analysis Social Indicators ResearchBøås M and Hatløy A
Poor, terrorised and internally displaced: the humanitarian situation in Northern Uganda Humanitarian ExchangeGuy Blaise Nkamleu and Anne Kielland
Modeling farmers' decisions on child labor and schooling in the cocoa - sectorA multinomial logit analysis in Cote d'Ivoire Journal of Agricultural Economics
Torheim LE, Ouattara F, Diarra MM, Thiam FD, Barikmo I, Hatløy A and Oshaug A
Nutrition adequacy and dietary diversity in rural Mali: association and determinants European Journal of Clinical NutritionTorheim LE, Barikmo I, Parr C, Hatløy A, Ouatara F, Oshaug A
Validation of food variety as an indicator of diet quality assessed with a food frequency questionnaire for Western Mali European Journal of Clinical NutritionTorheim LE, Barikmo I, Hatløy A, Ouattara F, Diarra M and Oshaug A
Validation of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire in Western MaliHatløy A, Hallund J, Diarra MM and Oshaug A
Food variety scores, socio-economic status and nutritional status in urban and rural areas in Koutiala (Mali) Public Health NutritionHatløy A, Torheim LE and Oshaug A
Food variety – a good indicator of nutritional adequacy? A case study from an urban area in Mali, West Africa European Journal of Clinical NutritionNordeide MB, Hatløy A, Følling M, Lie E and Oshaug A
Nutrient composition and nutritional importance of green leaves and wild food resources in an agricultural district, Koutiala, in Southern Mali International Journal of Food Sciences and NutritionOshaug A,Pedersen J, Diarra M, Ag Bendech M, Hatløy A
Problems and pitfalls in the use of estimated age in anthropometric measurements of children from 6 to 60 months of age: A case from Mali Journal of NutritionVictor Adetula
En global utfordring Dagens NæringslivVictor Adetula
The crisis around Lake Chad Africa is a CountryTone Sommerfelt
Det som skjer i Afrika nå har stor symbolverdi DagbladetTone Sommerfelt
Yahya Jammeh's tribalism Africa is a CountryTone Sommerfelt
Valget i Gambia: Da Afrikas minste land overrasket en hel verden Afrika.noTone Sommerfelt, Anne Hatløy and Kristin Jesnes
Wahhabiyya paranoia in Bamako and the new intolerance of the tolerant The BrokerTone Sommerfelt & Kristin Jesnes
State control of religious activity in southern Mali following the 2012 crisis Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource CentreIngunn Bjørkhaug, Kathleen M. Jennings and Morten Bøås
Mapping and assessment of national, bilateral and multilateral actors support to work against sexual based violence in the Great Lakes region in Africa2010
Kathleen M. Jennings
UN peacekeeping economies and local sex industries: connections and implicationsHatløy A, Kebede T, Aiello H and Langer S
Verification of Certification Activities in West African Cocoa Sector Final Verification Report: GhanaHatløy A, Kebede T, Aiello H and Langer S
Verification of Certification Activities in West African Cocoa Sector Final Verification Report: Côte d’IvoireBjørkhaug I, Bøås M, Hatløy A and Jennings K
Returning to Uncertainty? Addressing Vulnerabilities in Northern UgandaBøås M and Hatløy A
Northern Uganda IDP Profiling. Volume 1: Northern Uganda IDP StudyAtallah A, Bøås M, El Dada H, Hatløy A, Zhang H
Northern Uganda IDP Profiling. Volume 2: Tabulation reportMossige A, Hatløy A, Luyinduladio N, Makengo AM, Mboso SK, Mpiana B and Nyonka N
Etude Pilote de Risques et de la Vulnérabilité en République Démocratique du CongoAnne Kielland and Ibrahima Sanogo
Burkina Faso: Child labor migration from rural areasAmpleur et facteurs determinants
Tone Fløtten
Dilemmas to be faced in delivery of infrastructureKathleen M. Jennings
United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)Kathleen M. Jennings
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)Anne Kielland
The Exploitation Equation: Distinguishing child trafficking from other types of child mobility in West Africain Human Trafficking: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, ed. Mary C. Burke
Morten Bøås and Kathleen M. Jennings
Rebellion and warlordism: the spectre of neopatrimonialismKathleen M. Jennings
Securitizing the Economy of Reintegration in LiberiaMorten Bøås and Kathleen M. Jennings
War in the Great Lakes Region and Ugandan Conflict Zones: Micro-regionalisms and Meta-narratives
