The Brief The Brief: Issue Fifty-Four 2 May 2025 Africa France Out, Russia In? Burkina Faso’s Shift in Global Alliancesby Kaila Nkufo Men in the Burkinese capital Ouagadougou posing with the Russian flag. (Image Credit: Chérif Konaté, Wikimedia Commons).…
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-six 11 Mar 202412 Mar 2024 Africa Bloodshed in three villages as rebel violence escalatesby Nadia Ronnoco Image Credit: Priad123456789 (Wikimedia Commons) Around 170 people in three villages across the north of Burkina Faso have been…
The Brief the brief: issue thirty-three 30 Jan 2023 Africa Burkina Faso pivots towards Russia as French troops and ambassador ordered to leaveby Harvey Young image credit: TUBS (Wikimedia Commons) On 23 January, Burkina Faso’s ruling military Junta ordered…
The Brief the brief: issue thirty-two 23 Jan 2023 Africa A step towards security: Burkina Faso security forces save abducted womenby Neo Allert image credit: Alkari (Wikimedia Commons) Burkina Faso is one of several countries in the Sahel region…
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-one 21 Mar 202221 Mar 2022 AFRICA And the Pritzker Prize goes to… by Neo Allert image credit: Josizari (Wikimedia Commons) Diébédo Francis Kéré could not be happier: on 15 March he was awarded the prestigious…
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…
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