• EP 115: A Reflection on the G20 Summit South Africa 2025 with Prof Daniel Bradlow
    Jan 19 2026

    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 summit to be hosted in the US.

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    45 mins
  • EP 114: Governance, Grievance & Violent Extremism in West Africa- Zacharias Pieri & Kevin Fridy
    Jan 12 2026

    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.

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    47 mins
  • EP 113: Boko Haram’s Resurgence & Attacks in Nigeria & Lake Chad Basin-Dr Vincent Foucher
    Dec 22 2025

    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.

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    54 mins
  • EP 112: The Recent U.K. Visa Restrictions on 3 African Countries with Dr Lucy Hovil & Raymond Asfour
    Dec 15 2025

    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).

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    52 mins
  • EP 111: Tanzania’s Ongoing Political Crisis with Dr. Nicodemus Minde
    Dec 2 2025

    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.

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    43 mins
  • EP 110: Recent Escalation in the Sudan Crisis with Dr Salah Ben Hammou
    Nov 24 2025

    In this week’s episode, Dr Salah Ben Hammou, postdoctoral associate at the Edward P. Djerejian Center for Middle East at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, returns on the programme to discuss the recent escalation in the ongoing civil war beteeen the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAR) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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    36 mins
  • EP 109: The recent ‘coup attempt’ in Nigeria with Rtd Commodore Kunle Olawunmi, PhD
    Nov 17 2025

    In this week’s episode, I am joined by Dr. Kunle Olawunmi, a retired Air Commodore of the Nigerian Navy and Head of Department, International Relations, Chrisland University. Our discussion focuses on the speculated coup attempt in Nigeria between September and October 2025.

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    53 mins
  • EP 108: The Recent Coup in Madagascar with Dr Salah Ben Hammou
    Nov 10 2025

    In this week’s episode, Dr Salah Ben Hammou, postdoctoral research associate at the Edward P. Djerejia Center for the Middle East at Rice University’s Baker Institute of Public Policy, joins me to discuss the recent coup in Madagascar coming off the back of a youth-led protest.

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    40 mins