# What was Jeffrey Donaldson doing in Africa? Examining his international double life

An episode of [The Indo Daily](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1568934774), 28 Oct 2026, 41 min.

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Jeffrey Donaldson was doing paid work for the ministry of defence in Africa even as acute political turmoil was engulfing his party at home in Northern Ireland. ­ Why was the then DUP leader undertaking sensitive work in dictator-led Cameroon just a week after he himself collapsed Stormont in 2022? Why was he helping sell arms in Egypt alongside a British general? ­ Why did a special forces officer say he’d worked with Donaldson before? ­ Profound political questions remain over who all the now convicted paedophile was working for – alongside concerns about whether he had access to children in developing countries. ­ Host: Ciaran Dunbar ­ Guest: Sam McBride ­ This episode of The Indo Daily is brought to you by our sister podcast The BelTel. ­ The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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