African Defence Review Podcast

A spate of attacks in rural northeastern Mozambique has set the region into fear. Beheadings, IED attacks, and a growing economic marginalization of a muslim community in a region soon to be flooded with oil wealth has combined into the early signs of a major insurgency. ADR's JOHN STUPART speaks with GABRIELLE REID, sub-Saharan African expert and an Associate at S-RM Inform.

The decision of the presidency to deploy soldiers outside tomorrow's state of the nation address has caused huge debate in South Africa's media. ADR sits down to talk about what has happened, its legality, and whether it's warranted.

As one of the higher priorities for MONUSCO peacekeepers in the DRC, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) probably have a higher profile in the DRC than they deserve. Richard Stupart talks to Risk Advisory Group's Jesper Cullen to sort fact from fiction about the group.

Continuing our series on what is happening in Juba, RICHARD STUPART speaks to IOM projects development officer Katy Snowball, currently in Juba, in an effort to work out the details of what's been happening over the last few days.

As reports of heavy weapons fire in Juba come in over the weekend, RICHARD STUPART spoke to Dr Lual Deng, currently in Juba, in an effort to work out the details of what's been happening over the last three days.

A recently-released IOM report, titled 'If we leave, we are killed' examines what became of the United Nations protection of civilian (PoC) sites that appeared when South Sudanese civilians fleeing the outbreak of war in 2013 overran UN bases across the country. Richard Stupart talks to the author of the report, Michael Arendsen, about the precedent that PoC sites set, and the tensions that arose between the humanitarian and peacekeeping communities in managing them.

A recently-released IOM report, titled 'If we leave, we are killed' examines what became of the United Nations protection of civilian (PoC) sites that appeared when South Sudanese civilians fleeing the outbreak of war in 2013 overran UN bases across the country. Richard Stupart talks to the author of the report, Michael Arendsen, about the precedent that PoC sites set, and the tensions that arose between the humanitarian and peacekeeping communities in managing them.

RICHARD STUPART talks to Lama Fakih, a senior researcher at Amnesty International, about the conduct of SPLA forces in Leer county in October 2015, when dozens of civilians were rounded up and suffocated in a cargo container.

RICHARD STUPART talks to Lt. Gen. Derrick Mgwebi of the SANDF about his view on the challenges that await him as the new military commander in charge of the world's largest peacekeeping force.

RICHARD STUPART talks to ANDREW GREEN about the likelihood that the peace agreement signed last week between Salva Kiir and Riek Machar will hold.

RICHARD STUPART and CONWAY WADDINGTON discuss themes at the 2015 ITEC defence simulation conference in Prague.

Editor John Stupart and Senior Correspondent Darren Olivier discuss three issues currently dominating South African media, and how big of a headache this may be for the State Security Agency.

ADR's John Stupart and Conway Waddington sit down for a brief sitrep on the delay of Nigeria's troubling elections. The implications and current media coverage are the two chief points of discussion.

One of the sections of MSF announced last week that they will be pulling out of Sudan, citing a lack of cooperation from the Sudanese government, and its forces having bombed one of their clinics. RICHARD STUPART talks to JENS PEDERSEN about some of the factors leading up to the decision to leave.

In the wake of a Boko Haram massacre in Baga, Nigeria, RICHARD STUPART talks to CONWAY WADDINGTON and JUDITH JACOB about Boko Haram's structure, operations, and possible future implications.

JOHN STUPART discusses some of the issues from west and southern Africa that are likely to make news in 2015.

JOHN STUPART discusses security-related sections of Good Governance Africa's annual Africa survey with GGA researcher Stephen Johnson.

John Stupart and Darren Olivier discuss the Airbus A400M's real world possibilities, impressions of the trade show in general, and what to expect for the weekend's air demonstrations.

Day two of AAD 2014 was an in-depth, active event with announcements coming from a multitude of local defence producers. JOHN STUPART and DARREN OLIVIER discuss the difference between soft kill and hard kill technology.

Day One saw AAD2014 kick off with the South African Minister of Defence discuss all things SA-related in terms of its strategic needs. JOHN STUPART and DARREN OLIVIER chatted with Thales South Africa's CEO Justice Tootla, and heard Russia's defence giant Rosoboronexport talk maintenance contracts for helicopters, tanks and artillery.