
Geoffrey York
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Africa correspondent for The Globe and Mail (Canada). Based in Johannesburg; formerly in Moscow & Beijing. Email: [email protected] Bluesky: same user name
Johannesburg
Joined May 2009
The Garima Gospels, one of the world's oldest surviving Christian manuscripts, is among the irreplaceable cultural treasures whose fate is unknown as the Tigray war rages on. Other historic manuscripts have been looted, and scholars are deeply worried.
theglobeandmail.com
After surviving 1,500 years of human history in a remote monastery, the Garima Gospels are now facing their most severe threat
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RT @michelawrong: After a very, very long delay, the UN Group of Experts has finally published their eagerly-awaited report on the situatio….
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RT @Smith_JeffreyT: #Mozambique. Charging opposition leaders and activists with 'inciting terrorism' is now routine across Africa. The exam….
bloomberg.com
Mozambique’s attorney-general charged prominent opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane for incitement to terrorism and disobedience following post-election violence that left hundreds of people dead.
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RT @cwjroberts: From initially funny to a farce: over 80 (!?!) presidential nomination packages submitted to #ELECAM for Oct 12th president….
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RT @cwjroberts: Why might hundreds of millions of ballot papers have to be printed for 8 million registered Cameroonians to elect one presi….
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RT @ZohranKMamdani: Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry:….
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RT @zenaidamz: 3 of the best portuguese speaking stand-up comedians were detained at Maputo airport on Sunday & could not perform in a full….
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RT @michelawrong: Boniface Mwangi's arrest is just the latest in a pattern of escalating state repression across East Africa. https://t.co/….
nation.africa
DCI detectives cite terrorism and arson as the reasons for the arrest.
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RT @martinplaut: Withdrawal of USAID funds threatens decades of progress, say experts, with cuts to research and shortage of mosquito nets….
theguardian.com
Withdrawal of USAID funds threatens decades of progress, say experts, with cuts to research and shortage of mosquito nets putting thousands at risk across the country
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RT @martinplaut: In Ethiopia, Identity is a Crime - Ethiopia Insight
ethiopia-insight.com
A former federal prosecutor on how Abiy Ahmed’s regime turned ethnicity into a weapon of state repression
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RT @HRL_YaleSPH: 🚨New Sudan 🇸🇩 Report 🚨 . Destruction consistent with arson is visible in satellite imagery from 14 July 2025, corroboratin….
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RT @RefugeesIntl: 🚨BREAKING: Almost 200 former senior-level U.S. government officials released a letter to Congressional leaders today call….
refugeesinternational.org
These actions leave the U.S. government without any meaningful operational or diplomatic tools to address displacement and humanitarian crises overseas.
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RT @EugeneSeniorNDI: In the latest extreme example of the gerontocracy that dominates many #African countries, #Cameroon’s 92-year-old @PR_….
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RT @NickKristof: As a child dies of hunger about once every 15 seconds somewhere in the world, the Trump administration is spending money t….
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