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
Tewodros Aragie Kebede
Fafo-report 2018:27
Anne Kielland, Anne Hatløy, Tone Sommerfelt, Tewodros Aragie Kebede and Kathleen M. Jennings
Hidden in the numbers: Barriers to girls’ education in West Africa
A scoping study concerning knowledge about trends and sub-variations
A scoping study concerning knowledge about trends and sub-variations
Fafo-report 2017:39
Tone Sommerfelt, Anne Hatløy et Kristin Jesnes
Rapport Fafo 2015:20
Tone Sommerfelt, Anne Hatløy and Kristin Jesnes
Fafo-report 2015:19
Tone Sommerfelt et Kristin Jesnes
Rapport Fafo 2015:15
Anne Hatløy, Massa Coulibaly et Jing Liu
Rapport Fafo 2015:14
Massa Coulibaly and Anne Hatløy
Fafo-report 2015:13
Massa Coulibaly et Anne Hatløy
Rapport Fafo 2015:06
Tone Sommerfelt and Kristin Jesnes
Fafo-report 2015:05
Anne Hatløy, Massa Coulibaly and Jing Liu
Fafo-report 2015:04
Ingunn Bjørkhaug and Morten Bøås
Fafo-report 2014:39
Anne Hatløy, Tewodros Kebede, Huafeng Zhang, Ingunn Bjørkhaug
Perceptions of Good Jobs. Analytical Report. Port Loko and Freetown, Sierra Leone
Background paper for the World Development Report 2013
Background paper for the World Development Report 2013
Fafo-report 2012:18
Anne Hatløy, Tewodros Aragie Kebede, Patrick Joel Adeba and Core Elvis
Towards Côte d’Ivoire Sustainable Cocoa Initiative
Baseline Study Report
Baseline Study Report
Marina Manuela de Paoli, Arne Backer Grønningsæter, Elizabeth Mills
HIV/AIDS, the disability grant and ARV adherence
Summary report
Summary report
Fafo-report 2010:28
Amsale K. Temesgen
Climate Change to Conflict?
Lessons from Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya
Lessons from Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya
Fafo-report 2010:09
Henriette Lunde
Night commuting in Gulu, Northern Uganda
From Spontaneous Strategy to New Social Institution
From Spontaneous Strategy to New Social Institution
Fafo-report 549
May-Len Skilbrei, Marianne Tveit og Anette Brunovskis
Afrikanske drømmer på europeiske gater
Nigerianske kvinner i prostitusjon i Norge
Nigerianske kvinner i prostitusjon i Norge
Fafo-rapport 525
Morten Bøås and Anne Hatløy
After the ‘Storm’
Economic activities among returning youths. The case of Voinjama. Research Program on Trafficking and Child Labour
Economic activities among returning youths. The case of Voinjama. Research Program on Trafficking and Child Labour
Fafo-report 523
Morten Bøås and Anne Huser
Child labour and cocoa production in West Africa
The case of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Research Program on Trafficking and Child Labour
The case of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Research Program on Trafficking and Child Labour
Fafo-report 522
Morten Bøås and Anne Hatløy
Living in a material world
Children and youth in alluvial diamond mining in Kono District, Sierra Leone. Research Program on Trafficking and Child Labour
Children and youth in alluvial diamond mining in Kono District, Sierra Leone. Research Program on Trafficking and Child Labour
Fafo-report 515
Morten Bøås and Anne Hatløy
Fafo-report 496
Anne Hatløy og Anne Huser
Identification of street children
Characteristics of street children in Bamako and Accra
Characteristics of street children in Bamako and Accra
Fafo-report 474
Kari Hauge Riisøen, Anne Hatløy, Lise Bjerkan
Travel to Uncertainty
A study of child relocation in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali
A study of child relocation in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali
Fafo-report 440
Pete Lewis with Anne-Grete Larsen and Arne Groenningsaeter and Moses Galeboe and Spambaniso Taneka
Crossing borders to fight HIV/AIDS
The Role Of South African Multinationals In The Private Sector Response In Botswana
The Role Of South African Multinationals In The Private Sector Response In Botswana
Fafo-report 431
Line Eldring
Child Labour in the Tea Sector in Malawi
A Pilot Study
A Pilot Study
Fafo-paper 2003:16
Sabata Nakanyane
Co-operative Housing in Johannesburg
A Survey among the Residents
A Survey among the Residents
Fafo-paper 2002:04
Liv Tørres (ed.), David Drury, Line Eldring, Pete Lewis and Jocelyn Vass
The Mesebetsi labour force survey
Top line report
Top line report
Fafo-report 360
Marie W. Arneberg and Jon Pedersen
Fafo-report 355
Liv Tørres (ed.)
The Smoking Business
Tobacco tenants in Malawi
Tobacco tenants in Malawi
Fafo-report 339
Liv Tørres (ed.)
"We are emerging; emerging slowly and painfully!"
Infrastructure Delivery in South Africa
Infrastructure Delivery in South Africa
Fafo-report 336
Liv Tørres
Amandla. Ngawethu?
The Trade Union Movement in South Africa and Political Change. Doctoral Dissertation
The Trade Union Movement in South Africa and Political Change. Doctoral Dissertation
Fafo-report 328
Line Eldring, Sabata Nakanyane and Malehoko Tshoaedi
Child Labour in the Tobacco Growing Sector in Africa
Report prepared for the IUF/ITGA/BAT Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, Nairobi 8-9th October 2000
Report prepared for the IUF/ITGA/BAT Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, Nairobi 8-9th October 2000
Fafo-paper 2000:21
Anne Hatløy
Methodological aspects of assessing nutrition security
Examples from Mali. Doctoral dissertation
Examples from Mali. Doctoral dissertation
Fafo-report 323
Liv Tørres
Fafo-report 257
Bjørne Grimsrud and Liv Jorunn Stokke
Child labour in Africa: Poverty or institutional failures?
The cases of Egypt and Zimbabwe
The cases of Egypt and Zimbabwe
Fafo-report 233
Liv Tørres
Fafo-notat 1997:19
Liv Tørres
South African Workers Speak
Common Security Forum Studies
Common Security Forum Studies
Fafo-report 182
Inger-Lise Eilertsen og Carl-Erik Schulz
Økonomiske sanksjoner mot Sør-Afrika
Virkninger av ensidig norsk boikott
Virkninger av ensidig norsk boikott
Fafo-rapport 061
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 Dialogue
Child migration in Africa/Iman Hashim & Dorthe Thorsen (2011). Book review
Forum for Development Studies
Tone 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 Peacekeeping
Forbindelser gjennom bryst: Om melk, sosial tilknytning og passende ekteskapspartnere blant wolof-talende folk i Vest-Afrika
Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
Anne 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
