Geoffrey York
The Globe and Mail
Johannesburg, GP, South Africa
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Hostility toward LGBTQ Africans rising, fuelled by politicians
Homosexual conduct is already criminalized in the majority of African countries, but a proposed new law in Uganda would make it illegal to even mention sexual orientation to someone else → Read More
African migrants evacuated from Tunisia after surge of racial violence stoked by president
West African governments help evacuate hundreds of migrants from Tunisia who became targets of a growing number of attacks after xenophobic comments from President Kais Saied → Read More
Power broker takes lead in Nigeria’s presidential election
Bola Tinubu, a kingmaker of Nigerian politics, expected to win the vote, though he faced a setback in Lagos where he was governor → Read More
Political violence in Nigeria threatens to hurt voter turnout
The killing of Senate candidate Oyibo Chukwu, along with a spate of other attacks, has contributed to the fear that Saturday’s election could be tainted by bloodshed → Read More
Third-party candidate Peter Obi grabs surprise lead in Nigerian polls
Peter Obi’s unexpected rise has thrown Saturday’s vote into disarray, making it perhaps the most unpredictable in Nigeria’s history → Read More
China’s demand for donkey-skin beauty and medical products is devastating African villages, reports find
Donkeys are crucial for transportation in Africa, but China’s insatiable demand is stripping villages of their donkeys, jeopardizing their economic survival → Read More
Violence erupts in Cameroon after regime’s rejection of Canadian peace talks
Rejection of Canadian-led efforts to mediate conflict has sparked fears of conflict escalating as both sides engage in new violence → Read More
Refugees flee as M23 offensive moves closer to key city in eastern Congo
Social media videos showed an exodus of exhausted women and children from Sake, a key crossroads west of Goma, as the rebels were reported to have advanced to within 10 kilometres of the town → Read More
Military and police abuses are a key cause of Africa’s surge of violent extremism, UN study finds
While deaths from terrorism have declined globally in the past five years, they have more than doubled in that same period in Africa, where almost half of the world’s terrorism-related deaths are now occurring, the report said → Read More
Canada and Commonwealth face difficult dilemma over Zimbabwe membership bid
The country’s President has become even more repressive than his predecessor, but after other autocrats were permitted to join, the Commonwealth may find it hard to draw the line at Zimbabwe → Read More
Impoverished nurses are barred from leaving Zimbabwe, despite shortages of health workers abroad
Zimbabwe is experiencing an exodus of health workers, many who are desperate to emigrate for opportunities in countries like Canada and Britain. More than 4,000 health workers, including about 2,600 nurses, left the country in 2021 and 2022 → Read More
Fighting erupts in eastern Congo as Pope condemns ‘murderous’ exploitation
Pope Francis, on his first visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, denounced the “internal and external organizations” that “orchestrate war” in the country to plunder its resources → Read More
South Africa moving to declare state of disaster over energy crisis
The IMF and other analysts are downgrading their forecasts for South Africa this year as the electricity shortages worsen → Read More
Setback in Cameroon shows challenges of Canada’s new Africa strategy
Cameroonian government says it never accepted Canada as the mediator of peace negotiations, contrary to Ottawa’s announcement → Read More
Cameroon denies Canadian government announcement of peace talks
Reasons why the Cameroonian government had backed out of the agreement are unclear → Read More
South Africa to side with Russia on push for redesigned global order
South Africa’s foreign minister Naledi Pandor made the comment as she met Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov at the beginning of his latest tour of African capitals → Read More
Human-rights lawyer gunned down amid turmoil in Africa’s last absolute monarchy
Thulani Maseko was assassinated through an open window in his living room as he watched television with his family in Eswatini, where he offered hope in the battle against state repression → Read More
After secret talks, Canada becomes mediator in Cameroon peace process
As part of the peace process, the parties will form technical committees to work on confidence-building measures such as a ceasefire or the release of some prisoners in the conflict → Read More
John Williams Ntwali, one of Rwanda’s last independent journalists, dies in mysterious accident
Rwandan police say Mr. Ntwali was killed in a motorcycle accident in Kigali. Human-rights advocates are skeptical of the explanation and calling for a full investigation → Read More
Rwandan-backed rebels entrenching in Congo with parallel administration and taxes, UN says
Previous reports by UN officials and peacekeepers have described a range of M23 atrocities in eastern Congo, including massacres and executions of villagers → Read More