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 forty-two 27 Nov 202327 Nov 2023 Africa Uniting the East: Somalia joins the East African Communityby Neo Allert Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.) African regional integration seems to be making its comeback with the…
The Brief the brief: issue thirty-six 21 Feb 202321 Feb 2023 Africa No Naira in Nigeria: currency shortage leads to protests in the streetsby Tom Lindley image credit: Vacant0 (Wikimedia Commons) A report from the National Bank of Nigeria states that…
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 Brief the brief: issue thirty-two 23 Jan 2023 Africa A step towards security: Burkina Faso security forces save abducted womenby Neo Allert image credit: Alkari (Wikimedia Commons) Burkina Faso is one of several countries in the Sahel region…
The Brief the brief: issue thirty 22 Nov 2022 Africa Ghana’s Finance Minister under fire: Ofori-Atta facing parliamentary inquiryby Neo Allert image credit: Kwame87 (Wikimedia Commons) Amidst a growing financial crisis, Ghanaian Finance Minister Kenneth Ofori-Atta has come under…
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 International Extravaganza summer extravaganza: issue thirteen 27 Sep 2022 Caribbean Kalinago week: celebrating Dominica’s indigenous heritageby Neo Allert image credit: MapGrid (Wikimedia Commons) For the 41st time the commonwealth of Dominica is celebrating its indigenous heritage and culture by…