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…
The Brief the brief: issue fourteen 25 Jan 2022 AFRICA Possible end in sight for Libya’s eleven-year civil war? by Harvey Young image credit: Rr016 (Wikimedia Commons) UN special advisor for Libya, Stephanie Williams, has talked of the ‘reasonable’…
The Brief the brief: issue thirteen 29 Nov 202124 Jan 2022 AFRICA War criminals, generals and politicians: Who will become Libya’s new president? by Neo Allert image credit: Magharebia (Wikimedia Commons and Flickr) Libya has been in turmoil ever since a…
The Brief the brief: issue twelve 22 Nov 202124 Jan 2022 AFRICA Terror in Uganda – the growing Islamist threat in east and central Africaby Neo Allert image credit: tobias (Openclipart) On 16 November Uganda was ravaged by two successive blasts…
The Brief the brief: issue eleven 15 Nov 202124 Jan 2022 AFRICA The reconstitution of African art has begunby Neo Allert image credit: Joachim Huber (Flickr - originally DSC_0285) The 9 November was a truly emotional day for almost all Africans…
The Brief the brief: issue ten 8 Nov 202124 Jan 2022 AFRICA South Africa’s municipal elections end the ANC’s electoral domination by Connor Crout image credit: GDJ (Pixabay) On 1 November, South Africa held municipal elections to elect all councilors for…
The Brief the brief: issue nine 2 Nov 202124 Jan 2022 AFRICA Military coup puts Sudan’s democratic future into question by Harvey Young image credit: Ola A. Alsheikh (Wikimedia Commons) Sudan was plunged into chaos on 25 October when the military…
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 Brief the brief: issue six 11 Oct 202124 Jan 2022 AFRICA Contemporary struggles with an apartheid history by Angel Hill image credit: Jacques Nel Following the harrowing Phoenix riots, which were part of greater unrest in South Africa over the…
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