Foreign Aid
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:50
South Sudan has become an aid-dependent entity, bringing necessary questions about the sustainability of this arrangement. The ability for states to survive principally from the support of governments, donors or corporations looking to turn a profit is doubtful.
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 06:54
In the 2013 Global Hunger Index, Burundi had the severest hunger and malnourishment rates of all 120 countries ranked. The United Nations estimates that roughly 85 percent of disputes pending in Burundian courts pertain to land. Between 2013 and 2014, incidents of arson and attempted murder related to land conflict rose 19 percent and 36 percent, respectively.
Friday, March 27, 2015 - 13:30
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representative’s subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs held a hearing, “U.S. Assistance to Central America” to discuss the contents of the $1 billion dollar aid package President Obama has requested to address the conditions in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador propelling migration north.
Friday, March 27, 2015 - 09:42
Agenda:
Friday, March 27, 2015 - 06:59
The UN Security Council has voted to cut 2,000 troops from the UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo despite calls from the country for a bigger drawdown. Tensions have been rife between Kinshasa and the United Nations over how to deal with rebel groups in the east and security concerns ahead of the elections seen as a test of democracy in the DR Congo.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 08:58
The United States has blacklisted nearly 20 gas stations in Mexico for their financial ties to organized crime over the last 10 years, yet a significant number are still operating and have franchise agreements with state oil company Pemex.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 07:41
The International Monetary Fund will provide $18.1 million to Malawi after its government promised to tackle the corruption that led to a suspension of aid by donors following large-scale graft involving public funds.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 07:00
The Yemeni foreign minister, Riyadh Yaseen, has called for Gulf Arab military intervention to halt advances by Houthi fighters, a move that could draw neighbouring states into the country’s deepening power struggle.
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 08:51
In the span of less than one week, Mexican security forces captured two of the most notorious and feared drug cartel leaders in the country. But does the Drug War tactic known as the Kingpin Strategy, a policy supported by the U.S. government and supplemented by billions of dollars in U.S. aid, actually make Mexico safer?
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 10:04
Remarks at a UN Security Council Debate on MINUSTAH