Research Fellow/Sessional Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations, University of Western Australia
Muhammad's PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Western Australia (UWA) investigated the sub-national, national, regional and global agents, structures and interests at play in both the emergence of and responses to Islamist movements in Western Africa in the post-9/11 context. At UWA, he teaches units on Africa's international politics, peace and international security. He is a Research Fellow at the UWA’s Africa Research & Engagement Centre and a Fellow of the UWA Centre for Muslim States and Societies. He is also a political analyst for a few think tanks and has received the Australian Commonwealth Parliamentary Library Summer Scholarship (2016) and The Khalifa Al-Falasi Prize in Muslim Studies (2017). He is a 2020 Fellow of the United Nations' Fellowship Programme for the People of African Descent. Muhammad is currently working on his first book on Islamist groups in (West) Africa.

Nigeria at 63: four reasons for persistent disunity six decades on
Oct 02, 2023 08:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
At 63 the story of Nigeria can be anything from the celebration of greatness to an act of barbaric cruelty. These are the words of Nigerian writer Dipo Faloyin in his book Africa Is Not a Country. Nigeria attained its...