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-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 forty 30 Oct 202331 Oct 2023 Africa The rematch of the decade: Weah vs Boakaiby Neo Allert Image credit: Oona Räisänen (wikipedia) Liberia’s 2023 general election has been in full steam since the polling stations opened…
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-eight 7 Mar 2023 Africa Crucial Forest conservation conference in Gabon discusses the fate one of the world’s most important areasby Harvey Young image credit: Aymatth2 (Wikimedia Commons) The One Forest Summit, one of…
The Debrief the debrief: issue ten 16 Feb 202316 Feb 2023 Third terms the charm: Lula’s first month backby Eleanor Austin image credit: Luiz79 (Wikimedia Commons) Since his inauguration on 1 January 2023, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s homecoming has been…
The Brief the brief: issue thirty-five 14 Feb 202314 Feb 2023 Africa The bear and the lion: Sergey Lavrov visits Bamakoby Neo Allert image credit: Sertion (Wikimedia Commons) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov embarked on a two-day trip to Mali last…
The Brief the brief: issue thirty-one 29 Nov 202229 Nov 2022 Africa Unrest breaks out on Mayotteby Herb Alexander image credit: TUBS (Wikimedia Commons) The small Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte has been engulfed by civil disorder in recent weeks, with…
The Brief the brief: issue twenty-five 17 Oct 2022 Africa Hopes for democracy as former opposition leader appointed as Chad PMby Harvey Young image credit: TUBS (Wikimedia Commons) In a move that has raised hopes that Chad might transition…