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Joan Leishman

Joan Leishman is a veteran CBC journalist specializing in international affairs. For more than a decade Joan worked as a documentary reporter for The National. She was also posted to Mexico City as CBC TV's Latin American bureau chief and opened CBC Radio's first bureau in Africa, covering the Rwandan genocide and South Africa's violent transition from apartheid to the democratic election of Nelson Mandela

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    Trump order on conflict minerals would send warlords carte blanche signal, say critics

    A battle involving some of America’s most powerful men and some of Africa’s most powerful warlords is being waged in Donald Trump’s White House. At stake are billions of dollars, child labour, sexual violence and the precious minerals that make our tech gadgets work.
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    International Criminal Court facing exodus of African nations over charges of racism

    As Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion meets with other members of the International Criminal Court today in The Hague, the world's court of last resort is facing a crisis, with three African nations announcing they're pulling out on allegations of racism. Others are threatening to follow suit.
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