Across Global South, USAID’s demise raises fears of malaria, TB resurgence
Taipei, Taiwan – Until recently, Southeast Asia’s Mekong sub-region seemed to be on track to reach its goal of eliminating ...
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‘My childhood just slipped away’: Pakistan’s ‘monsoon brides’
Khan Mohammad Mallah, Sindh, Pakistan – Asifa* was sitting on the cool earthen floor of her family’s home when her ...
US cutting foreign aid budgets by more than 90%, Trump administration says
US State Department says overseas development and aid programmes to be cut by $54bn.The United States has dramatically cut the ...
Trump administration moves to fire or put on leave nearly all USAID workers
Humanitarian assistance experts have warned agency’s demise will harm vulnerable people and weaken US soft power.The administration of United States ...
Egypt developing Gaza reconstruction plan to counter Trump’s ‘take over’
Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, has confirmed Cairo is ‘actively developing’ a reconstruction plan for Gaza.The Egyptian government is developing ...
Trump’s tariffs present fresh headache for India’s slowing economy
Hours before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the White House, President Donald Trump announced that the United States ...
For China, USAID’s demise could be a soft power win in Southeast Asia
As the United States winds back humanitarian assistance in Southeast Asia, its rival China may see an opportunity to expand ...
Trump freezes aid to South Africa amid spat over land expropriation law
United States President Donald Trump has frozen aid to South Africa in an escalation of a rift between his administration ...
Is South Africa ‘confiscating land’, targeting some groups as Trump claims?
Johannesburg, South Africa — United States President Donald Trump this week threatened to cut all funding to South Africa over ...
USAID places staff on leave, recalls personnel overseas
Announcement comes as US President Donald Trump confirms he is considering eliminating the aid agency.The administration of United States President ...
Food prices skyrocket in DR Congo’s Goma after M23 takeover
The cost of some essential food items has more than doubled in Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic ...
For India budget, tightrope walk between creating jobs and gov’t deficit
Mumbai, India – Prema Salgaonkar wakes up hours before dawn and begins to cook food in her suburban Mumbai home ...
UN chief expresses ‘concern’ over Trump’s freeze on US foreign aid
Experts say Trump administration’s order to halt foreign assistance will ‘cost many, many lives’.The head of the United Nations has ...
France says EU will lift some sanctions on Syria after al-Assad’s fall
European countries say they are eager to help reconstruct the war-ravaged country and build bridges with its new leaders.Some European ...
Development done right: Why Africa needs more than good intentions
The annual World Economic Forum in Davos brings together the world’s most influential leaders with the stated aim of improving ...
‘Voy! I’m coming!’: The blind footballers of South Sudan
Before the blind league, ‘I had totally lost hope’ Participants in the game play with a ball that jingles while ...
‘It’s the only way’: Migrants, army face-off along S Africa-Zimbabwe border
Musina, South Africa – Every day, Fadzai Musindo walks across the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa – sometimes via ...
In India’s east, farmers risk jail to grow lucrative cannabis crop
Odisha, India – Ajay Rout is an Indigenous farmer in a remote village in a southern district of India’s Odisha state. ...
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