Foreign Aid
Friday, August 14, 2015 - 05:42
South Sudan's army has lifted a more than a month-long aid blockade into rebel areas.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 07:22
Guinea-Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz has dismissed the government following a rift with PM Domingos Pereira. The two men are said to have disagreed on the use of aid money and the return to Guinea-Bissau of a former army chief of staff.
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 06:20
With a peace process on the rocks, the United States is an indispensable resource when it comes to Colombia’s future security and prosperity.
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 08:50
Secretary of State John Kerry announced today at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Qatar that the United States is providing nearly $62 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Iraqis.
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 08:02
That demonstrated for me the need to highlight the fragile but significant developments in the region that have been fostered and sustained due primarily to assiduous diplomatic efforts.
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 07:19
Political progress combined with the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers in nearly 40 localities have contributed to the improvement of the overall security situation in Central African Republic (CAR).
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - 06:57
While in Ukraine we discussed the two key elements of our support for Ukraine and Ukrainian reform efforts, and that is reform of their police services and efforts to improve anticorruption and eliminate corruption from government institutions.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 07:22
Soldiers believed to be with the South Sudanese army and allied militia stole relief supplies and killed seven people in an attack on a rebel-held part of Unity state, a local official said Thursday.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 06:54
For an American president celebrated by many of his listeners as a returning native son, Barack Obama’s recent speech in a Nairobi stadium was a strange way to promote what he called an Africa “on the move.” But if one listened carefully, boiling down the message of the first Kenyan-American president (as he proudly called himself on this trip), what remained was an odd mixture of anachronistic and patronizing tropes plucked from the musty rucksack of American policy discourse toward the continent.
Thursday, July 30, 2015 - 11:26
The annual Foreign Military Training Report, recently released by the U.S. State and Defense Departments, reports on “all military training provided to foreign military personnel.” This report is a vital tool to better understanding U.S. efforts in building the partner capacity for foreign militaries. This year’s report highlights the trainings that occurred in 2014.