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News
Julia Smith
| Julia Smith speaks about the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone and her experiences working with the community there. |
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Podcast
David Peck
| Ian speaks to development issues of all kinds, sustainability, how to lie with statistics and the future of development. |
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Podcast
Redeye Collective
| Herakles Farms aims to establish a huge palm oil plantation in one of the poorest countries in Africa. Frederic Mousseau calls the project a land grab that will make billions of dollars for investors. |
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News
Roger Annis
| France perpetrated two large deceptions in conducting its military intervention into Mali six weeks ago. These have been universally accepted in mainstream media reporting. |
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Blog
Gerry Caplan
| Do France's objectives for Operation Serval, its military intervention in Mali, make sense? This question matters to everyone, not least to the countries from which France is seeking assistance. |
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News
Roger Annis
| France's Le Monde newspaper argues for a long-term, Haiti-style tutelage of Mali. The Harper government in Ottawa can be expected to fall seamlessly into line. |
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News
Roger Annis
| A state of emergency prevails in Mali, declared by the governing regime. Meanwhile France continues bombing and Canada extends its involvement. |
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Blog
Gerry Caplan
| Another interminable foreign war by the white world against another group of Muslims is certain to fuel even more extremism, to provoke retaliation and to exacerbate the humanitarian disaster. |
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News
Roger Annis
| Canadian troops have participated in military exercises in west Africa since at least 2008. In 2009, Mali was named one of six “countries of focus” in Africa for Canadian aid. |
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Blog
Derrick O'Keefe
| Canada has joined another military intervention. We need far more debate and discussion about foreign policy in this country. |
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News
Cara Waterfall
| The Ghanaian sculptor reworks rubbish into traditional-style hangings to unearth the future from the rubble of consumerism. An exhibition of his influential work is on at the Royal Ontario Museum. |
