Patrice Lumumba left a legacy we can’t ignore
GERRY CHIDIAC: We can’t ignore the culpability of Western nations – including Canada – in the death of the man Malcolm X called the greatest African ever ($)
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In defence of Bishop Desmond Tutu
GERRY CHIDIAC: Was Tutu an anti-Semite and bigot, as some claim? ($)
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Is the West judging Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed fairly?
YONAS BIRU: No other Nobel Peace Prize winner has endured the wrath of the international community as much as Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (FREE)
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No one in the world is safe until everyone is safe
GERRY CHIDIAC: COVID-19 doesn’t care if you’re a capitalist or a socialist. It will spread and mutate. It will make people sick or kill them ($)
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The U.S. needs to reset its approach to the conflict in Ethiopia
YONAS BIRU: Biden’s approach to the conflict has not only failed, but also risks pushing Ethiopia onto a path of destruction that cannot be reversed (FREE)
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Quebec artist bears witness to Africa’s climate migrants
CYCLING CANADA: Gilbert Desjardins work is frequently exhibited in and around the Montreal-to-Mont-Laurier region (FREE)
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Who needs oil and gas in the next 30 years? Africa and Asia
MARK MILKE and VEN VENKATACHALAM: Population and economic growth will continue. Absent a miracle, oil and gas will remain key (FREE)
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Canada needs to respond to the use of child soldiers in Ethiopia
ANN FITZ-GERALD and HUGH SEGAL: Contrary to what the New York Times and AP claim, these children are not “highly motivated young recruits” (FREE)
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Diseases don’t care about our nationality or wealth
GERRY CHIDIAC: If we continue to value Canadian lives more than we value Congolese or Yemini lives, we put our well-being at risk (PREMIUM)
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Shaking off colonial shackles no easy task
GERRY CHIDIAC: Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Congo, may have been an idealist but he clearly understood the pain of colonialism
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The Congo’s great liberation turned into abject failure
PAT MURPHY: How great plans quickly descended into decades of dictatorship, corruption, kleptocracy and violence
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Are electric cars really a solution to the climate crisis?
GERRY CHIDIAC: There are serious social, economic and environmental costs to driving any kind of vehicle. We must consider the implications of every choice (BASIC/PREMIUM content/Not yet a BASIC/PREMIUM member? $16)
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