Ethiopia Pt.1: The Cradle of Humanity
Conflicted’s tour of Africa takes another turn, this time to the East, as we head to the horn of Africa to learn about that most ancient of lands… Ethiopia! Ethiopia is the cradle of humanity – the p...
20 Nov 20241h 16min
La Françafrique Pt.2: Enter the Russians
Conflicted is back, continuing our trip across La Françafrique this week, with a survey of the last 10 years in Francophone West Africa, and yes, you guessed it: it’s insurgencies, jihadi movements an...
6 Nov 20241h 2min
Conflicted Community: Jack Margolin Interview – How did the Wagner Group end up in Africa?
On this week’s Conflicted Community episode, we invite the researcher and author Jack Margolin onto the show, to talk about his recently published book, The Wagner Group: Inside Russia’s Mercenary Arm...
30 Okt 202423min
La Françafrique Pt.1: France’s Shadow Empire
Bonjour tout le monde! In this week’s Conflicted, Thomas and Aimen are going continental as they continue their survey of Africa, with the first of a two part series on French West Africa, aka La Fran...
23 Okt 20241h 5min
Conflicted Community: Simon Sebag Montefiore Interview – a Muslim, a Christian and a Jew discuss Jerusalem
This week we’re thrilled to bring our Conflicted Community an interview with a guest who we all at Conflicted are great fans of – British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore! Simon is an award winning hi...
9 Okt 202456min
Conflicted Community: Q&A – Hassan Nasrallah Assassinated and the Middle East on the Brink
Thomas and Aimen are back with a vital Q&A as the Middle East enters its most dangerous and precarious moment in recent memory. Israel’s 12 day operation, beginning with an extraordinary operation tha...
2 Okt 202438min
Sudan Pt.4: Omar Al-Bashir Loses Grip & Chaos Reigns
Thomas and Aimen are back to bring you the final episode in our four part survey of the history and modern conflict in Sudan. In this episode, the pair first take us through the battles between Hasan...
18 Sep 20241h 18min
Conflicted Revisited… Gaddafi: The Arab Madman Cometh
Attention dear listeners – there’s been a small change in scheduling as Aimen has unfortunately been incapacitated and unable to record our fourth episode on Sudan. But don’t fret – Aimen is on the me...
11 Sep 20241h 32min
