Skip to content
HeyJared

David Brunnstrom

Reporter · ZA

Indexed articles, last 90 days
4
Latest publication
Sep 18, 2026
Outlet visibility, for CNBC Africa
Top 500K sites
Earliest in this view
Jul 27, 2026

Latest articles

  1. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · David Brunnstrom

    China’s Djibouti base upgrades should boost its monitoring reach, report says | CNBC Africa (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has made upgrades to its military base at Djibouti that should significantly enhance its ability to monitor military activity across the Middle East and Africa, a report by a US think tank released on Thursday said. Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank said commercial satellite imagery showed that China’s military had installed new antennas, satellite communications equipment and other assets at its only formally acknowledged oversea

  2. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · David Brunnstrom

    Ugandan UN candidate stresses reform, invokes St Francis | CNBC Africa (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    (Reuters) – Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu, one of eight candidates seeking to succeed Antonio Guterres as U.N. secretary-general next year, on Wednesday called for continued reform of the world body and the restoration of its moral authority. Otunnu, a former U.N. under-secretary-general who served as a special representative for children and armed conflict, invoked St. Francis of Assisi as he spoke of the need for the world body to help bridge growing global divisions. “Where there is hatred, l

  3. Article · Jul 31, 2026 · David Brunnstrom, Michelle Nichols and Emma Farge

    Informal poll shows Costa Rica’s Grynspan ahead in race to be next UN chief | CNBC Africa (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    (Reuters) – A first informal U.N. Security Council poll on Thursday showed former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as the early frontrunner to become the next U.N. secretary-general, followed by former Guyanese Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett. In the non-binding “straw poll” voting by the 15 members of the Security Council, Grynspan received 10 “encourage” votes to nine for Rodrigues-Birkett and seven for Argentina’s Rafael Grossi, head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, diplomat

  4. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · David Brunnstrom

    Ugandan diplomat Otunnu joins race to become next UN head | CNBC Africa (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    (Reuters) – Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu has joined the contest to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations, the seventh contender to succeed Antonio Guterres when he steps down at the end of this year. Otunnu, a former U.N. under-secretary-general who served as a special representative for children and armed conflict, was nominated by Uganda in a letter on Friday to the presidents of the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council. At 75, he is the oldest of the current candidate

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

Top 500K sites

For CNBC Africa, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026

Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about David Brunnstrom