The Brief The Brief: Issue 56 8 Oct 2025 UN Conference: Here's what you may have missed Isabel Batt The UN’s 80th General Assembly was held in NYC this September. The general debate saw all 193 UN member states…
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-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 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 International Extravaganza summer extravaganza: issue six 8 Aug 2022 EAST ASIA Retaliation and uncertainty after Pelosi visit by Eleanor Austin image credit:KOKUYO (Wikimedia Commons) The China-US relations have revealed their tumultuous nature once more, following Nancy Pelosi’s unauthorised visit…
The International Extravaganza summer extravaganza: issue four 25 Jul 2022 WESTERN AFRICA The Marburg virus: contained outbreak or Ebola 2.0? by Neo Allert image credit: Netha Hussain (Wikimedia Commons) Ghana has confirmed several cases of the deadly Marburg virus, which…
The International Extravaganza YGA’s international extravaganza: no. 6 2 Aug 202124 Jan 2022 Icelandic election poll shows waning support for current coalition by Adam Spencer Image Credit: Evelyn Paris A recent poll in the leadup to the Icelandic parliamentary election in September has…
The Brief the brief: issue four 21 Jun 202113 Oct 2022 AFRICA Laurent Gbagbo's acquittal and return by Connor Crout Laurent Gbagbo, the ex-president of Ivory Coast, has returned home after being acquitted by the International Criminal Court on charges of…
The Brief the brief: issue three 14 Jun 202113 Oct 2022 AFRICA Social media shutdown in Nigeriaby Harry Padoan Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari’s government banned Twitter’s operations in Nigeria for an indefinite period. The nation had formerly boasted a user base…
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