The Brief The Brief: Issue Fifty-Two 5 Mar 2025 A New Challenge? New Political Party Founded by Bangladeshi Studentsby Ralph Woods The logo of the National Citizens Party. (Image Credit: National Citizens Party, Wikimedia Commons). A new party has…
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-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 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-three 11 Dec 202316 Jan 2024 Africa Climate Change Strikes Again: not just another day in paradise…by Neo Allert Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.) Climate change strikes again: on 7 December the Seychelles, an…
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-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…