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Why Corruption Killed Dreams of a Better South Africa

September 4, 2019January 10, 2020 - by William Gumede

Twenty-five years ago, citizens hoped a postapartheid state would be a fresh start. Today, political and business leaders stand accused of money laundering and bribery

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July/August 2018

How Humpty Dumpty Helped Me Teach English in Ethiopia

July 5, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Aida Edemariam

I turned to singing nursery rhymes to break the language barrier, and my own doubts

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Health

How Being a Canadian Peacekeeper in Rwanda Broke Me

April 26, 2018August 13, 2019 - by Stéphane Grenier

The military was completely unprepared to deal with the aftermath of soldiers returning home from the war zone

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Photography by Alex Ferguson
Books

From Horror to Hope

September 30, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Miranda Newman

A Q&A with Will Ferguson on his new book, Road Trip Rwanda

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September 2015

Dr. Shock

September 19, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Richard Poplak

How an apartheid-era psychiatrist went from torturing gay soldiers in South Africa to sexually abusing patients in Alberta

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World

Line in the Sand

August 12, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Kyle Carsten Wyatt

Hundreds of journalists, thousands of honoured guests, and one man’s bombast

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Tidings

December 7, 2012June 25, 2021 - by Farida Hussain

The Walrus Blog’s weekly roundup of Canadian and foreign affairs

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March 2009 / Politics

War Correspondence

March 12, 2009May 25, 2020 - by Heba Aly

Staying connected through Sudan’s struggle

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October 2006 / World

African Queen

October 12, 2006May 28, 2020 - by Finbarr O'Reilly

Finbarr O’Reilly on his award-winning photograph

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October 2006

Bombs Over Cambodia

October 12, 2006May 27, 2020 - by Taylor Owen

New information reveals that Cambodia was bombed far more heavily than previously believed

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