The Brief the brief: issue twenty-two 25 Apr 202213 May 2022 AFRICA From an icon’s son to exile in shame: former Botswana president faced with serious charges by Harvey Young image credit: davidaime (Flickr) On 21 April Ian Khama, the previous…
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 Debrief the debrief: issue four 6 Mar 20226 Mar 2022 Scott scouts second success image credit: Eesan1969 (Wikimedia Commons) In 2019, Labor’s Bill Shorten was surprisingly defeated by the Liberal-National Coalition’s Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce. Given that Australia had…
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 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…
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