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 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 forty-four 11 Feb 202411 Feb 2024 Africa Falling like dominoes: The demise of Senegalese democracyby Neo Allert Image Credit: U.S. State Department (Wikimedia Commons) Once heralded as democracy’s last refuge in West Africa, Senegal has experienced…
The Brief the brief: issue thirty-nine 16 Oct 202316 Oct 2023 Africa Foreign Minister out as planned Haiti mission becomes embroiled in controversyby Aidan O'Connor image credit: AMISOM Public Information (Flickr) The controversy surrounding Kenyan police deployment to Haiti has been…
The Brief the brief: issue twenty-seven 31 Oct 2022 Africa Mercenaries worsen the security situation in Maliby Herb Alexander image credit: M.Bitton (Wikimedia Commons) On 27 October a senior US state department official blamed the deteriorating situation in Mali on the…
The Brief the brief: issue twenty-four 11 Oct 202211 Oct 2022 Africa Violence returns to Djiboutiby Neo Allert image credit: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (Encyclopædia Britannica) On 8 October, Djibouti’s defence ministry released a statement reporting the death of seven soldiers at…
The Brief the brief: issue eight 25 Oct 202124 Jan 2022 AFRICA Eswatini attacks on schoolchildren by George Shaw image credit: Marc Mongenet Eswatini, the sole remaining absolute monarchy in Africa, has been condemned for excessive force against protesting school children.…
The International Extravaganza YGA’s international extravaganza: no. 5 26 Jul 202124 Jan 2022 The “Pass sanitaire”: A necessary precaution or a step too far? by Jonathan Vallee image credit: Julian Alexander France is experiencing a resurgence in Covid cases, with a particularly worrying…
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