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US Aid Retreat Opens Door for Bigger Islamic Development Bank Role in Africa
The Islamic world’s premier lending institution said it’s prepared to step up support for some of its neediest members, as ...
South Africa says its budget can't cover for the deep US cuts in foreign aid
South Africa's finance minister says the country doesn't have the funds to cover the over $430 million shortfall caused by ...
Trump calls his own foreign aid cuts at USAID 'devastating'
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration's cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and ...
Rubio defends Trump's foreign policy as Democrats press him on Gaza aid and white South Africans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic senators sparred Tuesday over the Trump administration’s ...
U.S. Says It Wants Trade, Not Aid, in Africa. Cuts Threaten Both.
President Trump’s slashing of foreign assistance threatens road and energy projects that diplomats and experts say align with ...
What to Know About Escalating U.S.-South Africa Tensions After Trump’s White House Meeting With Ramaphosa
Trump strongly criticized Ramaphosa’s governing of South Africa, claiming there has been a “genocide” of white farmers.
Where do cuts to USAID leave the future of foreign aid in Africa? Podcast
Ghanaian development expert Bright Simons talks about the history and future of foreign aid on The Conversation Weekly ...
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South Africa says its budget can't cover for the deep US cuts in foreign aid
South Africa's finance minister says the country doesn’t have the funds to cover the over $430 million shortfall caused by the Trump administration’s cuts in foreign aid JOHANNESBURG ...
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The end of aid: What The Global South needs to do
Six key actions countries can take – and should have taken a long time ago – if they are to liberate themselves from ...
South Africa says Trump’s aid cuts stripped more than 8,000 health workers from its HIV program
The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has put more than 8,000 health workers in South Africa’s national HIV program ...
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Foreign aid looks good now that it’s gone
By Jeffrey FRANKEL“Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.” When Joni Mitchell sang that line in 1970, she was lamenting the destruction of the environment, but ...