The Brief The Brief: Issue Fifty-One 14 Feb 202517 Feb 2025 South America Eruption of violence in Catatumbo displaces thousands as rebel conflict returns to Colombiaby Joe Langham The logo for the Ejército de Liberación Nacional. (Image Credit: National Liberation Army,…
The Brief the brief: issue thirty-five 14 Feb 202314 Feb 2023 Africa The bear and the lion: Sergey Lavrov visits Bamakoby Neo Allert image credit: Sertion (Wikimedia Commons) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov embarked on a two-day trip to Mali last…
The Brief the brief: issue thirty-one 29 Nov 202229 Nov 2022 Africa Unrest breaks out on Mayotteby Herb Alexander image credit: TUBS (Wikimedia Commons) The small Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte has been engulfed by civil disorder in recent weeks, with…
The Brief the brief: issue twenty-nine 15 Nov 2022 Africa Tshisekedi calls for mobilisation in the face of M23 threatby Herb Alexander image credit: Sangjinhwa (Wikimedia Commons) M23 rebels have made advances as the war in the Democratic Republic…
The Brief the brief: issue twenty-six 24 Oct 2022 Africa Ugandan Court Sentences Ivory Trader to Life in Prisonby Freddie Weaver image credit: Paul Asjes (Flickr) A Ugandan court has sentenced an ivory trader to life imprisonment – Uganda’s…
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-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 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 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’…
York Global Affairs 