Geoffrey York

@geoffreyyork

Africa correspondent for The Globe and Mail (Canada). Based in Johannesburg; formerly in Moscow & Beijing. Email: [email protected] Bluesky: same user name

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    Watching season 2 of "The Agency" and amused by its premise: the African Union deploying US-trained "special forces" with guns blazing to "confront mercenary activity" by the Russ…

    Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork ·
    Watching season 2 of "The Agency" and amused by its premise: the African Union…
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    South African public broadcaster SAFM has apologized for broadcasting a slew of blatant lies by an anti-migrant activist. The Broadcasting Complaints Commission ruled that the rad…

    Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork ·
    South African public broadcaster SAFM has apologized for broadcasting a slew of…
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    UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly in support of African resolution on accurate maps. The vote addresses the longstanding injustice of Mercator-based maps, which distort Afr…

    Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork ·
    UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly in support of African resolution on ac…
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    Xenophobia update: an anti-migrant mob attacked refugees in Durban with rakes, sticks and sjamboks. "A child was struck by a whip and trampled, a teenage girl collapsed from fear…

    Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork ·
    Xenophobia update: an anti-migrant mob attacked refugees in Durban with rakes,…