Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu was elected on promises to tackle the nation’s widespread violence and address two of its root causes: Poverty and corruption. But with the country going to the polls next year, has he delivered on his "Renewed Hope" agenda?

Mehdi Hasan goes head-to-head with Daniel Bwala, Tinubu’s once staunch critic-turned-Special Adviser on Media and Policy Communications, on the administration’s record in office and where he stands on his past accusations against his current boss.

Joining the discussion are:
Ayisha Osori - Director, Open Society Foundations Ideas/Workshop Lab
Aanu Adeoye - Journalist, Financial Times
Tunde Doherty - UK chairman, All Progressives Congress

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When Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country in 2022 – amidst mass protests and an economic crisis–  parliament elected veteran politician and six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. 

As President, Wickremesinghe negotiated the country’s biggest bail-out, but his critics say he is part of an establishment that turned a blind eye to war crimes and corruption and hindered the fundamental changes protesters demanded.

Mehdi Hasan goes head to head with Wickremesinghe on his violent response to protestors, his handling of the 2019 Easter bombings, and whether he did enough to hold the powerful Rajapaksa family accountable.  

Joining the discussion are: 

Frances Harrison – former BBC Sri Lanka correspondent, author of ‘Still Counting the Dead’ and Director, International Truth and Justice Project 
Nirj Deva  –  former UK and EU MP and presidential envoy to Wickremesinghe 
Madura Rasaratnam – Executive Director, PEARL and Senior Lecturer at City, University of London.  

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In 2024, thousands of young Kenyans took to the streets to protest the country’s deepening cost-of-living crisis and the controversial finance bill proposed by the government of President William Ruto.

Authorities responded to the protests with a brutal crackdown that killed dozens of Kenyans and injured hundreds. Meanwhile, a growing number of abductions have rocked the country - which human rights groups say Kenyan police are responsible for.

So what lies ahead for the country and its president?

Mehdi Hasan goes head-to-head with Kimani Ichung’wah, the majority leader of the Kenyan National Assembly, on President Ruto’s rule, the government’s clampdown on dissent and its economic crisis.

Joining the discussion are: 
Awino Okech – Professor of feminist and security studies at University of London-SOAS
Irungu Houghton – Executive director of Amnesty International Kenya
Moses Langat – Kenya community leader in the diaspora, based in the UK.

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Since the outbreak of COVID-19, tensions have mounted between China and the United States.

In this special edition of Head to Head, we ask if the West is heading towards a new Cold War with China.

In part one, we challenge retired US Brigadier General Robert Spalding, a former senior director for strategy on President Donald Trump's National Security Council, on why he believes the world should stand forcefully against China.

In part two, we challenge Kerry Brown, director of the Lau China Institute, King's College London, who argues that it would be disastrous to turn away from China now.

More: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/headtohead/

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, tensions have mounted between China and the United States. In this special edition of Head to Head, we ask if the West is heading towards a new Cold War with China. In part one, we challenge retired US Brigadier General Robert Spalding, a former senior director for strategy on President Donald Trump's National Security Council, on why he believes the world should stand forcefully against China. In part two, we challenge Kerry Brown, director of the Lau China Institute, King's College London, who argues that it would be disastrous to turn away from China now. More: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/headtohead/

Nigeria: ‘Renewed Hope’ or ‘Hopelessness’? | Mehdi Hasan and Daniel Bwala | Head to Head

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