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Sam J. Trudeau

Sam J. Trudeau is a freelance writer based in Canada who contributes regularly to CJAD 800, a Montreal talk-radio station, and to CP24 Toronto News. He has previously worked as a producer and correspondent for Talk Radio News Service, covering the UN in New York, and as the UN representative in New York for Reporters Without Borders. He has a B.A. in political science from Concordia University in Montreal and is fluent in English and in French.

As Mali Teeters Closer to the Edge, the UN Mission Soldiers On

Sam J. Trudeau
• April 15, 2015

Facing a surge in violence that has made it the United Nations’ deadliest peacekeeping operations now, the UN mission in Mali is struggling to convince populations in the north of the country that it can overcome the remaining obstacles…

Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping

As Drugs to Fight Ebola Get Tested, Questions Linger About Medical Incentives

Sam J. Trudeau
• January 15, 2015

As anti-Ebola vaccines and treatments finally undergo fast-track testing, public health advocates say that governments’ repeated failure to create global norms for coordinating and financing medical advances is a major reason behind the struggle to produce medicine fast enough…