Geoffrey York
@geoffreyyork.bsky.social
Johannesburg-based correspondent for The Globe and Mail since 2009. Previously 15 years as a correspondent in Moscow and Beijing.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/geoffrey-york/
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“Such good English, where did you learn to speak so beautifully?” Trump asks the president of Liberia, whose official language is English
July 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Such good English, where did you learn to speak so beautifully?” Trump asks the president of Liberia, whose official language is English
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A pathologist report confirms that Albert Ojwang’, a teacher who was detained by the police for a social media post that allegedly insulted a senior police officer and later found dead in his cell, died from neck compression and with soft tissue damage all over his body. #Kenya
June 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A pathologist report confirms that Albert Ojwang’, a teacher who was detained by the police for a social media post that allegedly insulted a senior police officer and later found dead in his cell, died from neck compression and with soft tissue damage all over his body. #Kenya
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How Kenya sees the US
June 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
How Kenya sees the US
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"Negotiators agree on binding treaty for future pandemics, after U.S. drops out" c/o @geoffreyyork.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Negotiators agree on binding treaty for future pandemics, after U.S. drops out
The historic deal is just the second binding treaty to be negotiated in the 75-year history of the World Health Organization
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April 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"Negotiators agree on binding treaty for future pandemics, after U.S. drops out" c/o @geoffreyyork.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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Africans with #HIV facing new dangers, as Trump administration cuts aid, by @geoffreyyork.bsky.social, Jeffrey Moyo www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... via @theglobeandmail.com #GlobalHealth #AIDS
Africans with HIV facing new dangers, as Trump administration cuts aid
As many as 600,000 people could die over the next 10 years in South Africa alone as a result of U.S. funding cuts, study says
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March 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Africans with #HIV facing new dangers, as Trump administration cuts aid, by @geoffreyyork.bsky.social, Jeffrey Moyo www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... via @theglobeandmail.com #GlobalHealth #AIDS
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“Canada believes Ethiopia has made “initial progress” on peace initiatives, human-rights accountability and transitional justice for atrocities in Tigray and in current conflicts in the Amhara and Oromia regions, the memo said.”
Extraordinary, the alternative universe of Canadian diplomats.
Extraordinary, the alternative universe of Canadian diplomats.
After a three-year suspension, Canada is resuming its military collaboration with Ethiopia -- even as civilians continue to be killed in drone attacks by the Ethiopian army. My report:
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Canada revives military co-operation with Ethiopia despite genocide allegations
Ottawa is bringing Ethiopia back into Canada’s Military Training and Co-operation Program, three years after suspending defence collaboration over the Tigray war
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March 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Canada believes Ethiopia has made “initial progress” on peace initiatives, human-rights accountability and transitional justice for atrocities in Tigray and in current conflicts in the Amhara and Oromia regions, the memo said.”
Extraordinary, the alternative universe of Canadian diplomats.
Extraordinary, the alternative universe of Canadian diplomats.
After a three-year suspension, Canada is resuming its military collaboration with Ethiopia -- even as civilians continue to be killed in drone attacks by the Ethiopian army. My report:
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Canada revives military co-operation with Ethiopia despite genocide allegations
Ottawa is bringing Ethiopia back into Canada’s Military Training and Co-operation Program, three years after suspending defence collaboration over the Tigray war
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March 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
After a three-year suspension, Canada is resuming its military collaboration with Ethiopia -- even as civilians continue to be killed in drone attacks by the Ethiopian army. My report:
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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More than 90% of U.S. aid programs abruptly cancelled, jeopardizing lives, humanitarian groups say, by @geoffreyyork.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... via @theglobeandmail.com #GlobalHealth
More than 90 per cent of U.S. aid programs abruptly cancelled, jeopardizing lives, humanitarian groups say
In one country alone, South Africa, the cuts to HIV programs could trigger as many as 600,000 deaths over the next decade, say health groups
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February 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
More than 90% of U.S. aid programs abruptly cancelled, jeopardizing lives, humanitarian groups say, by @geoffreyyork.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... via @theglobeandmail.com #GlobalHealth
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A first for me, I wrote a policy brief for the @ecfr.eu, addressing the proliferation of cheap drones across Africa, distributed by the likes of China, Türkiye & the UAE. They cause carnage, the erosion of democracy, but also a political realignment towards Moscow.
I used Ethiopia as a study case.
I used Ethiopia as a study case.
Deadly skies: Drone warfare in Ethiopia and the future of conflict in Africa
Drone warfare is increasing in Ethiopia and across Africa. These foreign-supplied weapons risk prolonging wars and can help drive governments further away from the West…
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February 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
A first for me, I wrote a policy brief for the @ecfr.eu, addressing the proliferation of cheap drones across Africa, distributed by the likes of China, Türkiye & the UAE. They cause carnage, the erosion of democracy, but also a political realignment towards Moscow.
I used Ethiopia as a study case.
I used Ethiopia as a study case.
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A must-read piece of journalism on the quiet revolution that many Iranian women are bravely waging against hijab laws.
@geoffreyyork.bsky.social’s observations track w/ what friends & students who’ve visited Iran this year have noted.
Vibrant quotes & remarkable women in here:
@geoffreyyork.bsky.social’s observations track w/ what friends & students who’ve visited Iran this year have noted.
Vibrant quotes & remarkable women in here:
“The police don’t have enough handcuffs for all of them." www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Iranian women’s growing defiance to hijab law grows too loud for a troubled regime to silence
In the first visit by a Canadian journalist in years, The Globe reports on the cultural tensions and economic turmoil challenging the current Islamic regime
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February 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A must-read piece of journalism on the quiet revolution that many Iranian women are bravely waging against hijab laws.
@geoffreyyork.bsky.social’s observations track w/ what friends & students who’ve visited Iran this year have noted.
Vibrant quotes & remarkable women in here:
@geoffreyyork.bsky.social’s observations track w/ what friends & students who’ve visited Iran this year have noted.
Vibrant quotes & remarkable women in here:
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“The police don’t have enough handcuffs for all of them." www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Iranian women’s growing defiance to hijab law grows too loud for a troubled regime to silence
In the first visit by a Canadian journalist in years, The Globe reports on the cultural tensions and economic turmoil challenging the current Islamic regime
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February 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“The police don’t have enough handcuffs for all of them." www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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Bravo to the Globe for getting into Iran and reporting without the customary hyperbole or hysteria. @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
Iranian women’s growing defiance to hijab law grows too loud for a troubled regime to silence
In the first visit by a Canadian journalist in years, The Globe reports on the cultural tensions and economic turmoil challenging the current Islamic regime
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February 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Bravo to the Globe for getting into Iran and reporting without the customary hyperbole or hysteria. @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
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Canadian journalists are usually barred from entering Iran. The Globe's @geoffreyyork.bsky.social was able to visit recently. His article on the changes he saw since he last reported from this country years ago.
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Iranian women’s growing defiance to hijab law grows too loud for a troubled regime to silence
In the first visit by a Canadian journalist in years, The Globe reports on the cultural tensions and economic turmoil challenging the current Islamic regime
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Canadian journalists are usually barred from entering Iran. The Globe's @geoffreyyork.bsky.social was able to visit recently. His article on the changes he saw since he last reported from this country years ago.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c0f8440... gift link for first 20 readers
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c0f8440... gift link for first 20 readers
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Keep a close eye on eastern DRC, everyone.
Canada is withdrawing its UN peacekeepers from the rebel-held city of Goma, even as other UN contributors keep their troops on the ground. Canada's risk-averse government is abandoning the city at its time of need, critics say.
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Canada pulls its peacekeepers from UN mission in Congo
Military personnel temporarily relocate and will support Goma mission remotely, letter from Canadian diplomats says
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February 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Keep a close eye on eastern DRC, everyone.
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Canada withdraws its military officers from UN peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo due to "increasingly perilous security conditions," @geoffreyyork.bsky.social reports.
"To withdraw Canadian military personnel now would be to abandon the county and the UN at the hour of greatest need."
"To withdraw Canadian military personnel now would be to abandon the county and the UN at the hour of greatest need."
Canada pulls its peacekeepers from UN mission in Congo
Military personnel temporarily relocate and will support Goma mission remotely, letter from Canadian diplomats says
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February 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Canada withdraws its military officers from UN peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo due to "increasingly perilous security conditions," @geoffreyyork.bsky.social reports.
"To withdraw Canadian military personnel now would be to abandon the county and the UN at the hour of greatest need."
"To withdraw Canadian military personnel now would be to abandon the county and the UN at the hour of greatest need."
Canada is withdrawing its UN peacekeepers from the rebel-held city of Goma, even as other UN contributors keep their troops on the ground. Canada's risk-averse government is abandoning the city at its time of need, critics say.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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Canada pulls its peacekeepers from UN mission in Congo
Military personnel temporarily relocate and will support Goma mission remotely, letter from Canadian diplomats says
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February 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Canada is withdrawing its UN peacekeepers from the rebel-held city of Goma, even as other UN contributors keep their troops on the ground. Canada's risk-averse government is abandoning the city at its time of need, critics say.
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Confirmation from the South African National Defence Force that nine South African soldiers have been killed in intense fighting against M23 over the past few days, and claiming that the group’s advance toward Goma has been halted.
January 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Confirmation from the South African National Defence Force that nine South African soldiers have been killed in intense fighting against M23 over the past few days, and claiming that the group’s advance toward Goma has been halted.
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In Tehran, there’s “a strange sense of optimism” that Trump’s second terms will bring better US-Iranian relations than the tumultuous first time around, @geoffreyyork.bsky.social reports
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Geoffrey York (@geoffreyyork.bsky.social)
Johannesburg-based correspondent for The Globe and Mail since 2009. Previously 15 years as a correspondent in Moscow and Beijing.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/geoffrey-york/
geoffreyyork.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
In Tehran, there’s “a strange sense of optimism” that Trump’s second terms will bring better US-Iranian relations than the tumultuous first time around, @geoffreyyork.bsky.social reports
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Succinct illustration of how the audience for Africa topics and users from African countries are still on Twitter.
@geoffreyyork.bsky.social posted the same article about Namibia on here - where it was shared 14 times - and on Twitter - where it was shared over 1,800 times.
@geoffreyyork.bsky.social posted the same article about Namibia on here - where it was shared 14 times - and on Twitter - where it was shared over 1,800 times.
January 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Succinct illustration of how the audience for Africa topics and users from African countries are still on Twitter.
@geoffreyyork.bsky.social posted the same article about Namibia on here - where it was shared 14 times - and on Twitter - where it was shared over 1,800 times.
@geoffreyyork.bsky.social posted the same article about Namibia on here - where it was shared 14 times - and on Twitter - where it was shared over 1,800 times.
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Brilliant ceremonial outfits from the Vodun Days Festival I attended last week at Ouidah, in Benin. Credit Outlander Magazine.
January 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Brilliant ceremonial outfits from the Vodun Days Festival I attended last week at Ouidah, in Benin. Credit Outlander Magazine.
In a Namibian town, a Canadian company has left a legacy of 300,000 tons of arsenic waste. Many townsfolk are getting sick. And tests show high levels of arsenic in the soil, in the plants -- and the people. Our report:
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In Namibia, a Canadian copper company leaves a legacy of toxic waste
Sickness has been common for years in Tsumeb, where Dundee Precious Metals was the biggest employer for more than a decade. Tests have now found the soil is contaminated with arsenic and other heavy m...
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January 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
In a Namibian town, a Canadian company has left a legacy of 300,000 tons of arsenic waste. Many townsfolk are getting sick. And tests show high levels of arsenic in the soil, in the plants -- and the people. Our report:
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The Rwandan-backed M23 militia fraudulently exported at least 150 metric tons of coltan from Congo to Rwanda last year, new UN report says.
Meanwhile, Rwanda reports a huge surge in exports in the latest quarter, with 68% going to the UAE -- mainly gold and coltan.
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Meanwhile, Rwanda reports a huge surge in exports in the latest quarter, with 68% going to the UAE -- mainly gold and coltan.
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Congo rebels muddy minerals market with illegal Rwanda exports, says UN report
Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fraudulently exported at least 150 metric tons of coltan to Rwanda last year, leading to the largest contamination of the Great Lakes Region's mineral supply chain on record, U.N. experts said in a report.
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January 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The Rwandan-backed M23 militia fraudulently exported at least 150 metric tons of coltan from Congo to Rwanda last year, new UN report says.
Meanwhile, Rwanda reports a huge surge in exports in the latest quarter, with 68% going to the UAE -- mainly gold and coltan.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Meanwhile, Rwanda reports a huge surge in exports in the latest quarter, with 68% going to the UAE -- mainly gold and coltan.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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This feature article by Geoffrey York in the Globe dropped on Monday but I missed it till today. Extremely important update re unfinished accountability for what Canada did to detainees in Afghanistan and how both Conservative and Liberal governments went to great lengths to cover up. More to follow
A recently retired Canadian diplomat is alleging war crimes by the Canadian military, documenting its involvement in the disappearances of hundreds of Afghan detainees. Our exclusive:
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Former diplomat alleges Canadian Forces were involved in disappearances of hundreds of Afghan detainees in Kandahar
Retired diplomat Richard Colvin made headlines as a whistle-blower in 2009. His new allegations go far beyond his earlier statements by giving new estimates of a much larger number of detainees who di...
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January 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This feature article by Geoffrey York in the Globe dropped on Monday but I missed it till today. Extremely important update re unfinished accountability for what Canada did to detainees in Afghanistan and how both Conservative and Liberal governments went to great lengths to cover up. More to follow
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A recently retired Canadian diplomat is alleging war crimes by the Canadian military, documenting its involvement in the disappearances of hundreds of Afghan detainees. Our exclusive:
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Former diplomat alleges Canadian Forces were involved in disappearances of hundreds of Afghan detainees in Kandahar
Retired diplomat Richard Colvin made headlines as a whistle-blower in 2009. His new allegations go far beyond his earlier statements by giving new estimates of a much larger number of detainees who di...
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December 30, 2024 at 4:12 PM
A recently retired Canadian diplomat is alleging war crimes by the Canadian military, documenting its involvement in the disappearances of hundreds of Afghan detainees. Our exclusive:
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“The RSF doesn’t care about civilians and neither does the army,” says Mohamed Kandasha, medic treating survivors of a deadly SAF airstrike that killed 28 in Khartoum earlier this month.
Seriously appreciated Mat's Sudan coverage in 2024 for @aljazeera.com. Worth your follow.
Seriously appreciated Mat's Sudan coverage in 2024 for @aljazeera.com. Worth your follow.
As the year comes to a close, we can't forget about #Sudan
Two months ago, SAF launched an offensive to retake the capital from the RSF
Casualties seem to have spiked due to the fierce clashes, yet exact figures are tough to come by.
My last story in 2024.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Two months ago, SAF launched an offensive to retake the capital from the RSF
Casualties seem to have spiked due to the fierce clashes, yet exact figures are tough to come by.
My last story in 2024.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Fierce fighting in Khartoum endangers Sudanese civilians
The army’s bid to retake the capital from a paramilitary has led to fierce clashes and high civilian casualties.
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December 31, 2024 at 8:48 AM
“The RSF doesn’t care about civilians and neither does the army,” says Mohamed Kandasha, medic treating survivors of a deadly SAF airstrike that killed 28 in Khartoum earlier this month.
Seriously appreciated Mat's Sudan coverage in 2024 for @aljazeera.com. Worth your follow.
Seriously appreciated Mat's Sudan coverage in 2024 for @aljazeera.com. Worth your follow.