Barrick Gold's cultural event sponsorship in spotlight

A Canadian company has stumbled into a Zambian controversy over an event it sponsored.

Published February 22, 2012

ACanadian mining company's sponsorship of an event run by Zambia's former high commissioner to Canada has caused it to be swallowed into an ongoing controversy dogging the former envoy.

That's led to a conversation about the ins and outs of corporate sponsorship of diplomatic events.

Toronto-based mining giant Barrick Gold sunk $122,000 into an eight-day Zambia-Canada Cultural Exchange last...

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