# EP 112: The Recent U.K. Visa Restrictions on 3 African Countries with Dr Lucy Hovil & Raymond Asfour

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Podcast: [Conflict & Development in Africa Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conflict-development-in-africa-podcast-6690680)
Published: 2025-12-15T17:01:09+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mikelon/episodes/EP-112-The-Recent-U-K--Visa-Restrictions-on-3-African-Countries-with-Dr-Lucy-Hovil--Raymond-Asfour-e3ccsho
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## Resource

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Raymond Asfour, CEO and Co-Managing Partner of Expectation State, a development consultancy operating in multiple countries across the world and Dr Lucy Hovil, partner at Expectation State to discuss the factors behind and implications of the U.K. government playing a visa restriction on Namibia, Angola and DRC (and other wider implications).

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