The Brief The Brief: Issue Fifty 16 Dec 2024 South America Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro charged over attempts to subvert 2022 electionby Daniel Cramphorn Bolsonarist rioters on the roof of the National Congress Building in Brasilia on 8…
The Brief The Brief: Issue Forty-Seven 21 Oct 202426 Oct 2024 South America Brazil lifts ban on Twitterby Daniel Cramphorn Image Credit: Wikipedia Inc. (Wikimedia Commons) In August, Brazil became the first democracy to ban the social networking site Twitter, also…
The Brief the brief: issue forty-five 26 Feb 202426 Feb 2024 Africa Donkey skin trade to be abolished across the continentby Freddie Weaver Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.) African state leaders have agreed to a landmark decision to ban…
The Brief the brief: issue forty- one 13 Nov 202316 Nov 2023 Africa Remembering forgotten conflicts: the third civil war in Sudan by Neo Allert Image credit: Željko Heimer (wikipedia) With so many wars and armed conflicts plaguing the world it is…
The Debrief the debrief: issue ten 16 Feb 202316 Feb 2023 Third terms the charm: Lula’s first month backby Eleanor Austin image credit: Luiz79 (Wikimedia Commons) Since his inauguration on 1 January 2023, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s homecoming has been…
The Brief the brief: issue twenty-eight 8 Nov 20228 Nov 2022 Africa Growing hunger in South Sudan, as the world’s youngest country remains gripped by worsening food shortagesby Henry Neale image credit: UK Ministry of Defence (Wikimedia Commons) The humanitarian crisis…
The International Extravaganza summer extravaganza: issue fourteen 3 Oct 20226 Oct 2022 Eastern South America Fishing licences causing tensionsby Kate Nuttall image credit: Aquintero82 (Wikimedia Commons) Following the rise of tensions between Guyana and Suriname regarding fishing licences, Keith George, Guyana's ambassador…
The Brief the brief: issue twenty-three 16 May 2022 AFRICA A new wave of terrorism by Neo Allert image credit: Lojwe (Wikimedia Commons) There has been yet another attack in West Africa: with eight soldiers having been killed and…
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…
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