The Brief the brief: issue twenty 14 Mar 202216 Mar 2022 AFRICA Moderna incoming! by Neo Allert image credit: Eduardo Munoz (Reuters) Good news on the Covid frontline! On March 7, Moderna, the company that developed the Spikevax vaccine, stated its…
The Brief the brief: issue nineteen 7 Mar 2022 AFRICA In peace or war – racism is pervasive by Neo Allert image credit: Wojtek Radwanski The Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted many people to flee their home country…
The Brief the brief: issue eighteen 28 Feb 2022 AFRICA Get your jab or pay the price! by Neo Allert image credit: tobias (Openclipart) The Ugandan Parliament is reviewing a law that would impose fines on people who refuse…
The Brief the brief: issue seventeen 14 Feb 202216 Feb 2022 AFRICA Students demand an end to Africa’s only remaining absolute monarchy by Dylan Nykamp image credit: Retlaw Snellac Photography (Flickr) King Mswati III, the only remaining absolute monarch in Africa,…
The Brief the brief: issue sixteen 7 Feb 2022 AFRICA Tales of a survived coup attempt by Angel Hill image credit: Clker-Free-Vector-Images (Pixabay) Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of Guinea-Bissau, has survived five hours of intense gunfire in a coup…
The Brief the brief: issue fifteen 31 Jan 2022 AFRICA Instability leads to coup in Burkina Faso by Iwan Roberts image credit: David_Peterson (Pixabay) On Monday, Burkina Faso became the site of West Africa’s third military coup in eight…
The Brief the brief: issue fourteen 25 Jan 2022 AFRICA Possible end in sight for Libya’s eleven-year civil war? by Harvey Young image credit: Rr016 (Wikimedia Commons) UN special advisor for Libya, Stephanie Williams, has talked of the ‘reasonable’…
The Brief the brief: issue thirteen 29 Nov 202124 Jan 2022 AFRICA War criminals, generals and politicians: Who will become Libya’s new president? by Neo Allert image credit: Magharebia (Wikimedia Commons and Flickr) Libya has been in turmoil ever since a…
The Brief the brief: issue twelve 22 Nov 202124 Jan 2022 AFRICA Terror in Uganda – the growing Islamist threat in east and central Africaby Neo Allert image credit: tobias (Openclipart) On 16 November Uganda was ravaged by two successive blasts…