Canada must rethink its strategy for aid to Mali

If donors like Canada want to walk the talk about doing development differently, then we need to listen, and try, and fail, and learn—differently.

Two women grind rice outside a water pump station in the area of Koroyomme, Timbuktu, Mali. Canada is one of the largest providers of aid to Mali, but its contributions are still only enough to pay for one five kg bag of rice per Malian each year, write Bruno Charbonneau and Jonathan Sears.Photograph by Marco Dormino, courtesy of the United Nations

Opinion

BY BRUNO CHARBONNEAU AND JONATHAN SEARS

September 7, 2020

The August 18 coup d’état in Mali was an embarrassing failure for the international community. In Canada, this failure has raised questions about the impact and responsibility of Canadian military and development cooperation. Let us be clear: Canadian cooperation cannot be held responsible for th...

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