Geoffrey York
Africa Bureau Chief
Geoffrey York is The Globe and Mail's Africa correspondent. He has been a foreign correspondent for the newspaper since 1994, including seven years as the Moscow bureau chief and seven years as the Beijing bureau chief. Read more...
Geoffrey York
Africa Bureau Chief
Geoffrey York is The Globe and Mail's Africa correspondent. He has been a foreign correspondent for the newspaper since 1994, including seven years as the Moscow bureau chief and seven years as the Beijing bureau chief. He is a veteran war correspondent who has covered war zones since 1992 in places such as Somalia, Sudan, Chechnya, Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the author of three books, including two books on aboriginal issues in Canada. He has received several journalistic awards, including a National Magazine Award and two National Newspaper Awards.
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Post-Gadhafi violence spills over to West Africa
Nigeria, Mali and Mauritania are bearing the brunt of suffering caused by the influence of ex-Libyan fighters
Friday, Feb 10, 2012
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Anti-rhino-poaching treatment ends in heartbreak in Africa
An experimental treatment to use an indelible dye in a rhino’s horn to deter poachers ends with animal dead
Thursday, Feb 09, 2012
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Chinese front-line overseas workers coming under increasing attack
Beijing increasingly called on to rescue citizens employed overseas
Tuesday, Feb 07, 2012
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Bombardier’s South African showcase coming off the rails
Soaring expectations are replaced with sour complaints as the high-speed Gautrain is plagued by technical problems
Tuesday, Feb 07, 2012
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‘Out of hand’ Mandela grandson fuels speculation
The scandal swirling around Nelson Mandela’s chosen heir has some accusing him of tarnishing the family’s name
Friday, Feb 03, 2012
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How a U.S. agency cleaned up Rwanda’s genocide-stained image
Criticisms of poor human-rights records are being drowned out online by positive stories as Western publicity companies accept huge sums of money to launder the reputations of autocratic governments
Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012
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Africa: big, beautiful - and bereft of tourists
The tourism industry remains unexploited, especially in comparison to the hordes of tourists who flock to Asia
Monday, Jan 30, 2012
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African Union embraces generous Chinese financing
Donations ensure continent’s oil and minerals fuel Beijing’s economic growth
Sunday, Jan 29, 2012
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Drought in West Africa threatens millions
$100-million needed this year to save the lives of 500,000 children in the Sahel region, Unicef says
Friday, Jan 27, 2012
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Will West Africa’s drought be a repeat disaster?
500,000 could die if the world’s wealthy nations don’t respond in time with help
Friday, Jan 27, 2012
