International research centre, based in France, devoted to the analysis of political change in sub-Saharan Africa. The centre produces annual publications L’Afrique Politique and Bibliographies and Etudes et Recherches, and the journals Politique Africaine and Lusotopie.
WWW in French and partly in English, covers research topics and gives brief details of library holdings. Holdings consist of 20,000 volumes and 800 periodicals. Library catalogue not online.