The Debrief The Debrief: Issue Fifteen 4 Apr 20254 Apr 2025 Canada heads to the polls amidst the spectre of Trumpby Daniel Cramphorn New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on 17 March 2025.…
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 thirty-seven 28 Feb 2023 Africa Nigeria holds 2023 Presidential Elections amid rising security concerns and economic hardshipby Henry Neale image credit: Xtianolove (Wikimedia Commons) In Nigeria, presidential elections are currently underway to replace outgoing…
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 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 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 Debrief the debrief: issue five – yga x ypr 16 Mar 2022 The Green Movement: Bursting through the soil or withering on the vine? by Harvey Young image credit: John Blower (Flickr) The last few decades have witnessed the emergence and subsequent…
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 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’…