# EP 124: Mass Killings & Violence Against Civilians in Africa- Jeanine Ntihirageza & Scott Straus

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Podcast: [Conflict & Development in Africa Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conflict-development-in-africa-podcast-6690680)
Published: 2026-05-11T22:09:11+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mikelon/episodes/EP-124-Mass-Killings--Violence-Against-Civilians-in-Africa--Jeanine-Ntihirageza--Scott-Straus-e3j7okt
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Duration seconds: 2946

## Resource

In this week’s episode, we discussed both historical and contemporary mass killings and political violence against civilians in Africa. Our guests are Professor Jeanine Ntihirageza, Director for the Center for Genocide, Human Rights and Research in Africa and the Diaspora at Northeastern Illinois University; and Professor Scott Straus , Professor of Political Science at the University of California Berkeley.

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