Episode 89 – The Forthcoming Election in Cameroon
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Dr. Michael Nwankpa discusses about The Forthcoming Election in Cameroon with Dr. Jude Mutah.
Jude Mutah serves as a program specialist for Africa at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). In his role, he works closely with the West Africa director and Africa center vice president to design and implement projects/programs in West and Central Africa, including in Nigeria, Cameroon, among others. He is also an adjunct professor at the School of Public and International Affairs, The University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.
Currently, he teaches Introduction to International Studies and, previously, a capstone course on Global Affairs and Human Security to final year master’s students. Before these, Jude worked as a consultant for the legal department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and as a research assistant for the Africa program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, both in Washington, DC. Jude holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL.B) from the University of Yaoundé, Cameroon; a Master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Transformation from the University of Basel, Switzerland; and Masters of Laws (LL.M) degree from the George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC.
He recently defended his doctoral dissertation at The University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland. His research examined the role of transnational cooperation in combatting terrorism, using the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin, Africa, as a case study. The study provides practical recommendations to institutions, governments, and organizations struggling with the menace of terrorism. His research interests include terrorism and counterterrorism efforts, identity politics, governance, and conflict prevention.
About the Podcast
The Conflict & Development in Africa podcast brings experts from Africa and the world as guests to discuss critical conflict and development issues that affect Africa. Our guests include practitioners, academics, journalists, researchers, policy makers and advocates that are renowned and are nationally and internationally recognized for their work, expertise and contribution to conflict and development issues in Africa. Our audience includes policy makers, governments, researchers, students, businesses and anyone that is interested in conflict and development issues in Africa.
About the Host
Dr Michael Nwankpa has an extensive experience spanning over a decade studying, researching, writing and consulting on conflict and development issues in Africa.
Michael Nwankpa has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Roehampton, London, UK. He has held several research fellowships including as a Rice University Fellow and a terrorism research Fellow (past) at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland. He is currently a fellow at the Royal United Service Institute for Defense and Security Studies (RUSI) and a research fellow at the Geneva-based Centre on Armed Groups. Dr. Nwankpa has extensive experience studying counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies, advising relevant government development departments and security agencies, and consulting for multilateral organizations. Michael is the author of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, 1999-2021: A Militarized Democracy (Routledge 2022) and co-author of the seminal work on Boko Haram, The Boko Haram Reader: From Nigerian Preachers to the Islamic State (Oxford University Press/Hurst 2018). He has written several articles and is currently working on three book projects.