Foreign Aid
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 07:39
A Saudi Arabian-led coalition has been bombing Yemen for six weeks in a bid to force the pro-Iranian Houthi militia to give up power. It has also imposed stringent restrictions on imports, including fuel.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 06:58
U.S. army arrived to El Salvador to participate in Beyond the Horizon 2015 - a humanitarian and civic assistance mission that lasts several months, and provides construction and medical assistance to the people of El Salvador.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 21:50
Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that a humanitarian crisis in Yemen was growing “more dire by the day” and that he would discuss plans with officials in Saudi Arabia to halt the Saudi-led bombing campaign in order to allow the delivery of food, medicine and other aid.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 07:58
Even as Afghan security forces battle Taliban insurgents and cross-border criminal networks, President Ashraf Ghani said he plans to devote at least 30 percent of his time to his country’s battered economy. Ghani said his security forces will weather the loss of most U.S. combat support and defeat a Taliban insurgency that’s inflicting record casualties.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 07:26
The United States will provide an extra $45 million for the United Nations to help an overwhelmed Kenya cope with 600,000 refugees fleeing civil unrest, terrorism and violence in Somalia and South Sudan.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 07:09
The United States government will provide 100 million dollars this year to boost the war against terrorism in Kenya, visiting Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Monday. Kerry told a news conference in Nairobi that Washington will also support deradicalization programs to cushion Kenyan youth from joining terror networks.
Monday, May 4, 2015 - 07:22
U.S. lawmakers raised concerns about the Obama administration’s proposed $1 billion aid plan to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador at a hearing Thursday in Washington, D.C.The main points of contention are whether the leaders of the three countries have demonstrated enough commitment to curb corruption and address unemployment.
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 07:47
The United States will deliver the equipment, patrol boats and cars worth $6.2 million to Uzbekistan, the US embassy in Uzbekistan reported.
The deliveries will be carried out free of charge as part of an earlier signed supplement to the agreement of Uzbekistan and the US, dated Aug. 14, 2001, on assistance in the drug control and law enforcement.
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 07:30
The Obama Administration’s recent announcement to resume more than a billion dollars in U.S. military aid and certain weapons deliveries to Egypt has evoked a variety of responses in the United States.
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 06:38
President Barack Obama tapped White House adviser Gayle Smith on Thursday to run the U.S. Agency for International Development, putting a former journalist and longtime Africa expert in charge of his global development agenda for the final years of his presidency.