The Brief the brief: issue twenty-one 21 Mar 202221 Mar 2022 AFRICA And the Pritzker Prize goes to… by Neo Allert image credit: Josizari (Wikimedia Commons) Diébédo Francis Kéré could not be happier: on 15 March he was awarded the prestigious…
The Brief the brief: issue twenty 14 Mar 202216 Mar 2022 AFRICA Moderna incoming! by Neo Allert image credit: Eduardo Munoz (Reuters) Good news on the Covid frontline! On March 7, Moderna, the company that developed the Spikevax vaccine, stated its…
The Brief the brief: issue nineteen 7 Mar 2022 AFRICA In peace or war – racism is pervasive by Neo Allert image credit: Wojtek Radwanski The Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted many people to flee their home country…
The Brief the brief: issue eighteen 28 Feb 2022 AFRICA Get your jab or pay the price! by Neo Allert image credit: tobias (Openclipart) The Ugandan Parliament is reviewing a law that would impose fines on people who refuse…
The Debrief the debrief: issue three 22 Feb 2022 Russia and Ukraine: The historical context to the current crisis by Iwan Roberts image credit: The Presidential Administration of Ukraine (Wikimedia Commons) Perhaps the single most significant story in international…
The Brief the brief: issue seventeen 14 Feb 202216 Feb 2022 AFRICA Students demand an end to Africa’s only remaining absolute monarchy by Dylan Nykamp image credit: Retlaw Snellac Photography (Flickr) King Mswati III, the only remaining absolute monarch in Africa,…
The Brief the brief: issue sixteen 7 Feb 2022 AFRICA Tales of a survived coup attempt by Angel Hill image credit: Clker-Free-Vector-Images (Pixabay) Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of Guinea-Bissau, has survived five hours of intense gunfire in a coup…
The Debrief the debrief: issue two 3 Feb 20225 Feb 2022 India and Pakistan’s foreign policy battle in Uzbekistan by Joe Mawer image credit: David Mulder (Flickr) India and Pakistan have been at loggerheads since their independence. From 1947, there have…
The Brief the brief: issue fifteen 31 Jan 2022 AFRICA Instability leads to coup in Burkina Faso by Iwan Roberts image credit: David_Peterson (Pixabay) On Monday, Burkina Faso became the site of West Africa’s third military coup in eight…