Conflict & Development in Africa Podcast

In this week’s episode, Nigerian-based public affairs and political commentator and analyst, Jaye Gaskia, joins me in discussing the controversial labelling or Nigeria’s major political parties, APC and PDP, as terrorist organisations by a Canadian court.

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Dr Oladotun Awosusi, research fellow at University of Arkansas, to discuss the flurry of immigration policies under Trump 2:0 and their implications for Africa.

In our 100th episode, we discuss the increasing sale of arms to Nigeria by the Trump’s administration, a departure from the Obama administration. We look at the implications of the arms sale on Nigeria’s heavily militarized response to insurgency and insecurity. Our guest is retired Brigadier General Saleh Bala, President at White Ink Consult, a private defence and security research, strategic com...

In this episode, I am joined by Dr Daniel Volman, the director of the African Security Research Project in Washington and a specialist on U.S. military policy towards Africa and African issues. We discuss the conflict in the Sahel and talks between the Trump’s administration and the Alliance of Sahel States military regimes.

In this week’s episode, we focus on the prospects of and challenges facing Africa’s teeming youth population. Our guest is Dr Kayode George, a Nigerian-based scholar with vast experience both nationally and internationally in the field of security, peace and conflict studies.

In this week’s episode, we focus on the politics of political party coalition in Nigeria and Nigeria’s forthcoming general election in 2027. I am joined by Dr Babayo Sule, Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at National University of Lesotho. Babayo is the author of numerous books including Political party financing and electoral politics in Nig...

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Dr Eric Tevoedjre, instructor at the Catholic University in Lille, France, to discuss the future of regional economic communities (REC) in Africa following the withdrawal of the Alliance of Sahel States (Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger) from ECOWAS and Rwanda from ECCAS.

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Daniel Bradlow, Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria to discuss Africa’s multilateral financial institutions-why they matter and how to save them.

Dr Ndubuisi Nwokolo, Partner and Chief Executive at Nextier SPD, a security, peace and development organisation based in Nigeria, joins me this week to discuss what is behind the recurrent ‘friendly strikes’ in Nigeria, their implications and how to address them.

Dr Jeslyn Lemke joins me in this episode to discuss the forthcoming elections in Ivory Coast where President Alassane Quattara will be seeking a controversial fourth term. Dr Lemke, a bilingual journalist and journalism professor in the Pacific Northwest in the US also provides insight into the influence of France and other foreign governments in the small Francophone West African country.

In this episode, we discuss police brutality and reforms in Nigeria and across Africa. Our guest this week is Kemi Okenyodo, Founder/Executive Director, Rule of Law & Empowerment Initiative also known as Partners West Africa Nigeria. Kemi has over 20 years experience in security, governance, criminal justice reform and NGO management in New and West Africa.

In this week’s episode, we discuss the drivers and consequences of the frequent flooding across Africa. Our guest is Professor Taibat Lawanson, Professor of Planning and Heritage at University of Liverpool and Professor of Urban Management and Governance at the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

In this week’s episode, we focus on the controversial allegation of White Farmers’ Genocide in South Africa and Trump’s granting of Refugee Status to ‘persecuted’ white farmers in South Africa. I am joined by Professor Christi van der Westhuizen, Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Cape, Cape Town.

In this week’s episode, we focus on the forthcoming elections in Cameroon. Cameroonians are set to go to the polls in October to choose their president. President Paul Biya has been the President since 1982. But at 92 years of age, sooner or later, he would have to make way for a successor. Who will replace Biya? And will this election mark the dawn of a new democracy in the Central African State?...

In this week’s episode, our topic focuses on the travel ban imposed by the Trump’s administration on several countries including seven African countries and further planned ban of additional 36 African countries. Our guest is Professor Christopher Isike, Professor of African Politics & International Relations in the Department of Political Science, University of Pretoria and Director of the Africa...

In this week’s episode, we discuss Nigeria’s kidnapping epidemic. Our guest is Dr. Samuel Oyewole, a post-doc research fellow at the African Centre for the Study of the United States and Ocean Regions Programme of the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Samuel provides a rich insight into the pervasive kidnapping crisis in Nigeria tracing it from the precolonial...

In this week’s episode, I am joined by a highly experienced legal scholar, Dr Tapiwa Victor Warikandwa to discuss the rising military coups and rules in Africa. Dr Warikandwa engages with the question whether African military leaders can be seen as saviours or just opportunists.

In this week’s episode, James Barnett, one of our fellows and a returning guest joins me in discussing the landscape of jihadist violence in Nigeria and the emergence of a ‘new’ jihadist group known locally as the ‘Mahmuda’ group.

In this episode, we focus on the military coup in Gabon and the “successful” transition to democracy. I am joined by Dr Steve Tametong, Senior Lecturer at the Advanced Institute of Management, Cameroon and formerly, Deputy Director of Democracy and Governance Division at the Nkafu Policy Institute of the Denis & Lenora Foundation. Steve holds two PhDs in Public Law and in Governance and Regional I...

In this episode, we focus on non-traditional superpowers’ negotiated settlement in conflict zones. In this particular case, we focus on the surprising Doha’s negotiated peace agreement between DRC and Rwanda. I am joined by Dr. Jonathan Bellof, Research Associate at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Jonathan’s research focuses on the regional politics and security of the Africa...

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Christian-Geraud Neema, a non-resident scholar in the Carnegie Africa Program and Africa editor of the China-Global South Project to discuss the proposed mineral deal between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In this week’s episode, our guest, Samir Bhattacharya, Associate Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India, discusses Saudi Arabia’s grand vision for Africa under its Vision 2030 framework.

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Dr. Daniel Akech Thiong, Senior Analyst for Sudan at the International Crisis Group, to discuss the recent escalation in violent conflict in South Sudan between warring parties from the President and Vice President camps.

In this week’s episode, I am joined by two Gender experts and advocates, Dinah Musindarwezo and Professor Damilola Agbalajobi to discuss women’s representation in Africa’s political space. Dinah is an accomplished senior leader with extensive experience of leading and supporting women’s rights organisations and feminist movements globally, with a particular focus on Africa. Damilola is a seasoned...

In this week’s episode, our topic focuses on the issues, particularly the issue of reparation, that were discussed at the African Union’s 38th summit. I am joined by Professor Babatunde Fagbayibo, Professor of International Relations at the University of Pretoria.