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The Diaspora Dividend: Zimbabwe’s Unofficial State of Survival
Millions scattered across Johannesburg, London, Sydney, Toronto, New York and beyond have not abandoned their homeland; instead, they have sustained it
4.6 million people, one psychologist: The Central African Republic’s mental health crisis
Meet the Central African Republic’s only practising clinical psychologist
What exile means to creatives
Clockwise from top left: Maurice T Nyagumbo, Ruth Nomonde Chinamano, Josiah Tongogara, Jason Ziyaphapha Manyika, Johanna Nkomo and Robson Manyika. The stamps appear in the book…
No tall story: Africa takes on NBA
Masai Ujiri, a Nigerian sports executive, has put the continent on the basketball map
Toronto mayor vows to fight calls for his resignation
Mayor Rob Ford says the city’s council had no business stripping him of his powers after he admitted taking drugs and abusing alcohol.
A railroad to economic freedom
The decision to deliver coal deposits to either the Indian or Atlantic ocean has international implications, writes Roman Grynberg.
Federer takes new coach for test drive at Toronto Masters
Roger Federer celebrated his 29th birthday last week, but the cagey Swiss said he was not too old to learn a few new tricks.
G20 nations see different paths for securing recovery
World leaders aimed for a common target on Thursday of securing the economic recovery, but disagreed over how best to reach it.
Canada’s climate shame
This thuggish petro-state is now to climate what Japan is to whaling.
Robbers nabbed by cops driving getaway taxi
Sometimes it pays to have your own wheels. Two teenage suspects in a convenience store robbery in Oakville, Ontario, near Toronto, may have made a clean escape had they thought…
Nutrients study bodes well for malaria efforts
Malaria continues to cut a swathe through Africa, which accounts for most cases of the disease and of malaria-related deaths. A study by Burkina Faso’s Health Sciences Research…
Tough Canadian street-racing law nabs 85-year-old
A new law meant to help crack down on young Canadian street racers in their souped up cars has nabbed an octogenarian in his Oldsmobile. The 85-year-old man is one of 2 300…
Ghana to start underwater logging in lake
A Ghanaian conservation research centre will assist a Canadian company in harvesting underwater trees in one of the world’s largest tropical hardwood forests. Ghana’s Volta Lake…
Jihad for Love seeks gay Muslim audiences
It took gay Indian filmmaker Parvez Sharma six years to make Jihad for Love, a documentary film about gay men and women trying to live Muslim lives in Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt and…
Mummified baby in Toronto was likely stillborn
A mummified infant discovered wrapped in a newspaper older than 80 years in the ceiling of a Toronto home was likely stillborn and displayed no obvious signs of foul play,…