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…
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…