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 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 ten 8 Nov 202124 Jan 2022 AFRICA South Africa’s municipal elections end the ANC’s electoral domination by Connor Crout image credit: GDJ (Pixabay) On 1 November, South Africa held municipal elections to elect all councilors for…
The International Extravaganza YGA’s international extravaganza: no. 4 19 Jul 202124 Jan 2022 Surge of militia attacks in Eastern DR Congo displaces 20,000 by Theo Mitchell image credit: MONUSCO Photos Since May, 2021 the Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan Islamist militia allegedly affiliated…