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Articles Written by: ALISTAIR THOMSON
Who is This?
Alistair Thomson (Director of the Health and Social Services, Policy Analysis)
" H ow can you vote for people when you wouldn't even throw them a rope?", Rick Mercer asks of our federal political party leaders (Focus, Sept. 26). The obvious response: Throw them both ends of the rope. ...
From ALISTAIR THOMSON,
Globe and Mail,
28 Sep 2009
Dakar, Senegal: Chinese businessmen are taking a long-term view and pursuing strategic expansion in Africa even though China’s multiplying investments on the continent have lost some lustre in the global downturn.
Beijing and Chinese companies have ...
From ALISTAIR THOMSON,
livemint.com,
28 Jan 2009
DAKAR, Senegal: Chinese businesses are taking a long-term view and pursuing strategic expansion in Africa, even though China's multiplying investments on the continent have lost some luster in the global downturn.
Beijing and Chinese companies have ...
DAKAR (Reuters) - Communications specialists from Africa's armies and the United States are working out how units from different countries can talk to each other as part of a future continental peacekeeping standby force.
African armies use a patchwork ...
From ALISTAIR THOMSON,
Boston Globe,
13 Jan 2009
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghanaians queued up and began voting on Sunday to pick a new president in a tight race between two foreign-educated lawyers competing to lead the West African nation as it prepares to cash in on offshore oil reserves.
Peaceful ...
From KWASI KPODO AND ALISTAIR THOMSON,
Boston Globe,
7 Dec 2008
DAKAR (Reuters) - Hamas and Fatah delegates have met Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade in a first round of mediation aimed at finding a common position for an eventual deal with Israel, Senegalese state media reported on Saturday.
Wade said at an ...
From ALISTAIR THOMSON AND DIADIE BA,
Boston Globe,
7 Jun 2008
DAKAR (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Chadian President Idriss Deby signed a peace agreement on Thursday designed to end cross-border rebel attacks in a region which includes Sudan's conflict-ravaged Darfur area.
The signing, ...
From LAMINE GHANMI AND ALISTAIR THOMSON,
Boston Globe,
14 Mar 2008
When rebels entered Chad's capital, Ndjamena, I was told to get there as quickly as possible. Half a week later, at the end of a 2 000km chase across Central Africa by bus, train and taxi, the lofty promises of increased transport investment ...
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's rebels on Monday urged
European Union member states not to send peacekeeping troops to
the country's east, saying the force would not be neutral
because it was dominated by France.
The rebels said France, which is ...
From ALISTAIR THOMSON,
Canada.com,
11 Feb 2008
Chad's rebels said on Saturday they controlled the centre of the landlocked country and would hold their position in an effort to lure government troops from the capital into an open battle in the desert. A spokesperson for the rebels said they occupied ...
