Paul Carsten (@paulcarsten) covers Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, for Reuters news agency from the capital city of Abuja. Hailing from the north of England, we talk about how he got to Oxford, Beijing and ultimately Abuja. Paul talks about a piece he did in the run-up to the Nigerian election on a grisly Islamic State massacre of dozens of people, contradicting a government statement that only three people had died. Since he's an old friend, there are also some goofs to lighten the mood.

Any opinions expressed in this podcast are personal and do not reflect the views of Reuters news.

Here are links to some of the things we talked about:

Reuters report on Islamic State attack - https://reut.rs/2VGB9qy

The Ringer - https://www.theringer.com/

Dissect podcast - https://dissectpodcast.com

Ben Taub - https://twitter.com/bentaub91

Dispatches by Michael Herr - https://amzn.to/2w37b0I

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