Conflict & Development in Africa Podcast

In this week’s episode, we discuss cybercrimes in Nigeria spotlighting the growing romance scams. Our guest, Professor Ikenga Oraegbunam, a Professor of Law and Applied Jurisprudence at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, provides a legal, socio-political and international law perspective on the subject matter.

This episode focuses on the growing epidemic in Nigeria where recent paternity testing (July 2024-June 2025) show that 25 percent of Nigerian men who underwent the test were not the biological fathers of the children in question. Our guest is Professor Olayinka Akanle, Professor of Sociology at the University of Ibadan.

In this week’s episode, we focus on the recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our guest is Dr. Joanne Liu, a Canadian practicing paediatric emergency physician and professor at McGill University’s School of Population & Global Health. Prior to joining McGill, she was the International President of Medecins Sans Frontiers from 2013-3019.

In this episode, we discuss the growing trend of placenta consumption among new mothers, the cultural notions behind the practice and implications on maternal health. Our guest is Dr. Bryony McNeil, Senior Lecturer and course deputy director at Deakin University’s School of Medicine.

In this episode, Professor Miles Larmer, Professor of History and Director of the Centre of African Studies at the University of Florida and Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa, Senior lecture at Stellenbosch University join me to reflect on the recently concluded elections in Zambia

In this week’s episode, Dr Abdurrahim Siradag, an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science & International Relations at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, joins me in discussing Nigeria’s defence agreement with Turkey which involved Turkey establishing a military training facility in Nigeria.

Dr Iocchi, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Cultural & Environmental Heritage at the University of Milan, joins me in discussing the crisis and suspected coup that happened in Mali a few months ago.

In this episode, Mamadou Sarr ( Chair of the Environment & Resource Protection Committee of the Saint-Louis artisanal Fishermen’s Association) and Dr. Jeslyn Lemke (an international journalist and CACD fellow) join me to discuss the climate crisis in Senegal’s coastal and fishing town of Langue de Barbarie and the negative impacts of the activities of multinational gas station built directly on th...

In this week’s episode, I am joined by our returning guest, Professor Loren Landau, Research Professor at the University of Witwatersrand and Professor of Migration and Development at Oxford University, to discuss the ongoing Xenophobic attacks against African foreign nationals in South Africa.

In this week’s episode, I am joined by our returning guest, James Barnett, PhD candidate at Oxford University and non-residential fellow at Hudson Institute to discuss the current United States and Nigeria military cooperation.

In this episode, Dr Adana Llanos (a cancer and molecular epidemiologist from Columbia University) and Dr Elissia Franklin (a Research Scientist with Silent Spring Institute) join me in discussing the significant study conducted by Silent Spring Institute where around 10 percent of the hair products samples contained toxins and other dangerous cancerous chemicals.

In this week’s episode, we discussed both historical and contemporary mass killings and political violence against civilians in Africa. Our guests are Professor Jeanine Ntihirageza, Director for the Center for Genocide, Human Rights and Research in Africa and the Diaspora at Northeastern Illinois University; and Professor Scott Straus , Professor of Political Science at the University of Californi...

In this week’s episode, we focus analysis on the recent port infrastructural deal between the United Kingdom and Nigeria. Our guest, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Public Policy and former Vice Chancellor at University of Uyo joins me in dissecting the details of the controversial deal.

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Chenai Kitchen, a PhD student and Graduate Research Assistant at British Columbia University, and British Columbia Centre on Substance Abuse, Canada to discuss the recent legalisation of cannabis in Ghana. Chenai provides a rich insight into the scope of the cannabis legislation in Ghana and how Ghana, the first West African country to legalise cannabis compa...

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Dr Olusola Ogunnubi, a Canadian-based policy, diplomacy and global governance expert, to discuss the controversies surrounding the coronation of an Igbo King in South Africa.

This week’s episode focuses on the increasing demolition of houses and land grabbing in Nigeria’s major cities. I am joined by Dr. Ambrose Igboke, Public Affairs Analyst and Chairman, Guild of Public Affairs Nigeria.

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Molemo Moiloa, co-founder of Open Restitution Africa, to discuss the controversial and complicated subject of restitution regarding Africa artefacts stolen by former European colonial powers.

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Confidence Isaiah-MacHarry, Geopolitics Analyst at SBM Intelligence Nigeria, to discuss how the ongoing US-Israel-Iran War impacts Africa.

In this week’s episode, Jan-Ole Voss, Deputy Head of the Kenyan Office and Project Manager at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation in Nairobi, joins me to discuss African fighters fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war. We discuss the “deceptive” and “illegal” recruitment of African fighters and the implications for Russia-Africa relations and other related issues.

In this week’s episode, we focus on the increasing target of ‘Shadow Fleets’ and oil cargoes off the waters of Venezuela by the US and similar situations in African waters. Our guest is Dr. Ian Ralby, President of Auxilum Worldwide and a globally recognised expert in maritime law and security.

In this episode, Professor Danny Bradlow, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria and a global expert on international financial law, joins me to discuss the just concluded G20 summit hosted by South Africa-the first on the continent on Africa. We discuss a range of issues including the conspicuous absence of the US and President Trump’s threat to bar South Africa from the next G20 su...

In this week’s episode, Dr Zacharias Pieri, Associate Professor of international relations at the University of South Florida and Professor Kevin Fridy, Professor of Government & World Affairs at University of Tampa join me to discuss their recent book: Governance, Grievance and Violent Extremism in West Africa: From the Caliphate to Great Power Competition.

In this week’s episode, we focus on the resurgence of Boko Haram and increased attacks in Nigeria and around the Lake Chad Basin region. I am joined by Dr Vincent Foucher, a Senior Research Fellow at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France who have just returned from a field trip in the Lake Chad area.

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Raymond Asfour, CEO and Co-Managing Partner of Expectation State, a development consultancy operating in multiple countries across the world and Dr Lucy Hovil, partner at Expectation State to discuss the factors behind and implications of the U.K. government playing a visa restriction on Namibia, Angola and DRC (and other wider implications).

In this week’s episode, I sit down with Dr Nicodemus Minde, researcher at the Institute of Security Studies, to discuss the unfolding political crisis in Tanzania.