Myself and my team just finished an hour-long deep-dive show into the South Sudanese civil war, the newest peace deal and what it means for the region. We also take a look into the men at the head of the conflict and how Egypt and the Saudis are getting involved.

For this episode we have
ALAN BOSWELL >> South Sudan expert for the Crisis Group, and advisor for the UN and Time
AHMED SOLIMAN >> East Africa expert for Chatham House in London
JOHN CAMPBELL >> Former US Ambassador to Nigeria and senior expert to the council on foreign relations

One of the main focuses of the piece is about how these two men at the head of the conflict keep sparking it up again and again, and they are the same two at the negotiating table this time. The countries hopes of oil futures have been dashed and the money already spent on the war, things are looking fairly rough for both sides. To give you an idea of what the country is going into COVID with 5 Vice-presidents and only 4 ventilators for the entire nation.

Its designed to be a crash course on everything you need to know about the situation, and we learned a lot making it.

We also decided to leave in some of the more controversial points this time, including the ambassador alluding to a forceful "change of management" being one of the few viable solutions.

The show is really starting to pick up and this sub was a huge help in gathering guests and info so I thought I would share it here to say thanks.

Would love your input and feedback as well.

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For those of you who are interested in Africa and astrology you will find this a real treat. The hosts talk about the mundane sidereal (not tropical) chart of Liberia and how it matches up with the historical events. Practical and insightful.

https://m.soundcloud.com/user-559807182/the-strange-relationship-between-america-and-liberia

Hello. I'm part of a WhatsApp group where we aim to have one person from every country. Currently the only African countries we have are: Nigeria, Libya and South Africa, so if you're from any other country in Africa and wants to join, please comment and I'll PM you the link. It's a very friendly community where we talk about anything

So, I'm from Brazil and last year I finally "took some time to do the thing that we never had" and went to Africa. I'm on my second trip, and I have been here for 2 months already.

I have had the opportunity to do tourism in all Europe, South and North America and if someone asks me what makes visiting Africa unique I would answer that things here are actually what we expected them to be.

Let me try to explain that...

When u think about a country, continent or region u usually have lots of weird and exaggerated concepts that u have heard somewhere in some point of our life. For example, if u think about Brazil the first thing that comes to ur mind is probably soccer, amazon, carnival, beaches, bikinis... And if u ever do a trip to Brazil u'll most like not see any of that stuff. The first time I went to Rome I was a child and I thought that I was going to see this totally preserved Roman Empire city like I was walking in the "Gladiator" movie scenario. And even though Rome is absolutely amazing and breath-taking, through the eyes of a child, I was still disappointed when I saw how broken the coliseum actually was. ; In Africa, though, I felt that exact opposite. It feels like all the weird, non-sense urban legends that I heard about the continent are in fact true. And they are not just history, but they happen right now, in front of ur eyes. Let me give some examples of that.

• The first city I ever lent was Luanda, Angola. And the city didn't seem to have buildings but thousands of brown houses, like an enormous favela. Never saw anything like it

• Absolutely everyone is black, even in SA which I thought it was a more mix country. U just don't see white people anywhere;.

• Girls never hit on me in my life and in Africa I feel like every girl is looking at me. I really wish I had discovered this place back when I was single

• People really do speak the African languages! I thought that it was more like a tribal thing, like in America, but u will actually hear them a lot

• The famous tongue twister language Xhosa actually exists

• U will actually see civilians walking around with rifles, ak-47s and all kind of big guns in the streets. At least in Mozambique. For me, that was a movie thing.

• The land mines are actually true and they are still there. When I studied about them in school I was sure it was just a history thing

• Dead birds, live turtles, crocodile meat, worms... People do eat some weird stuff. And unlike China where eating scorpions is more like a tourist attraction, those things are actually part of people's everyday food.

• There really are places with no electricity. I spent all my life wondering if there still are places like that

• The witchcraft stuff is not something u will see in a shady home in rural areas, but it's done openly in the streets of some countries.

• U will actually see animals in the middle of the roads and in the middle of the city. Including elephants and Hienas.

• People do actually walk in the middle of savannas and alongside elephants, lions, and all kind of dangerous animals.

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• People do get drunk and feed crocodiles for fun

• The spitting cobra actually spits frequently and aim for the eye

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• The drift competitions are real and really happen in the suburbs, in old dusty soccer fields with drunk people in the crowd almost getting hit

Not sure if I manage to be understood, but what I'm saying is that in Africa things are more... real. Like, "roots". If u asked mine 13 years old version and my adult version before I came how a trip to Africa is, probably the 13 year's old would get it more right.

Have u guys had the same experience?