Our second episode this week is with Professor David Shinn, a Professor of International Relations at the George Washington University's Elliot School of International Affairs. David is also a former U.S diplomat having served as ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso and in many other African countries. David joins me to discuss the recent controversial financial bill in Africa, the ensuing protest led by the youth and the heavy police clampdown.

The first of this week's episode focuses on the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission in Haiti. I am joined by Dr. Ruth Namatovu, a U.S-based analyst of peace and security who specialises in international affairs in Africa. Ruth provides a critical analysis of the MSS Mission, including the motivation behind it, risks involved and the expectations.

In this episode, I am joined by David Suber, a researcher, freelance journalist and PhD candidate at University College London, to discuss the controversial UK-Rwanda Migration Pact. David's works revolve around the intersection between organised crime, people smuggling and border policing.

In this episode, I am joined by Dr Henry Chingaipe, a political scientist and currently Director at the Institute for Policy Research and Social Empowerment, and President of the Political Science Association in Malawi. Dr Chingaipe discusses the potential return of former President of Malwai, Peter Mutharika as a contender in the forthcoming 2025 election. He juxtaposes this to similar events in South Africa with the return of former president, Jacob Zuma in the last election and the US, with former Republican President Donald Trump contesting again.

This is the sequel to the previous episode on AI and African Development. In this episode, I am joined by Andre Vlok, a South-African based conflict resolution specialist and author of Hamlet's Mirror: Conflict and Artificial Intelligence, to discuss how non-state armed groups and rogue states in Africa use and can use AI.

This week, we have decided to bless our listeners with two episodes. This is one of two episodes on artificial intelligence. I am joined by Susan Otieno, an AI researcher and legal professional based in Kenya to discuss the huge benefit that AI presents to African development.

In this week's episode, I am joined by Dr. Andrew Poku-Yaw Tchie, a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Visiting Fellow at the University of Buckingham to discuss the future of UN peacekeeping missions in Africa. The UN peacekeeping missions in Africa have produced mixed results having faced some credible challenges that have led to withdrawal of some missions and a profound difference between the relative successful missions of the 90s compared to missions in the late 2000s. Andrew provides a useful insight in this interview.

In this week's episode, our topic is Climate Change and it's impact on conflict and development in Nigeria. I am joined by Adewole Lawal, an Environmental, Social and Governance expert

In this week's episode, Dr Ralph Mathekga, a guest expert at Geopolitical Intelligence Services, joins the host Dr Michael Nwankpa in discussing South Africa's 2024 Parliamentary election and the return of controversial former President of South Africa, President Jacob Zuma. This episode is worth listening to following the interesting outcome of the elections where the major party, ANC lost its majority hold on power for the first time since it gained power in 1994.

In this week's episode, our topic focuses on Africa and the International Migration 'crisis'. I am joined by a special guest, Ms Ugochi Daniels, the Deputy Director for Operations at the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Ms Daniels challenges the framing of migration as a 'crisis' especially in relation to Africa and migration outside the continent of Africa.