List of Foreign Aid articles
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A man unloads a bag of food delivered by USAID, the United States federal government agency primarily reponsible for administering civilian foreign aid, at the Christian refugee camp in Bossangoa on December 19, 2013. The United States today announced $15 million in additional humanitarian aid for the Central African Republic, as a top US envoy was visiting Bangui to press for an end to sectarian bloodshed. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s America First Budget Puts Africa Last
Slash-and-burn cuts to the State Department and USAID would deepen the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 16: Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney takes questions from reporters during a briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House March 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. Mulvaney took questions about President Donald Trump's federal budget blueprint which was released Thursday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Trump’s Budget Blueprint: Pulling Up the Diplomatic Drawbridge
The White House budget plan embodies the administration’s “America First” nationalism, hiking spending on defense and border security while slashing everything else.
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yemen crop U.N. Warns Yemen Could Be on Brink of Famine
The crisis comes as the United States weighs sharp cuts to U.N. humanitarian aid programs
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Demonstrators protest in Amsterdam in front of the US Consulate on January 20, 2017 after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, DC. Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday -- capping his improbable journey to the White House and beginning a four-year term that promises to shake up Washington and the world. / AFP / ANP / Olaf KRAAK / Netherlands OUT (Photo credit should read OLAF KRAAK/AFP/Getty Images) If Trump Wants to End Legal Abortion, He’s Going to Have to Go Through Holland First
Lilianne Ploumen’s bold, brave act could be the start of a concerted backlash against Washington.
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ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN-OCTOBER 31: USAID blankets being distributed by Mercy Corps are about to be loaded onto trucks at Chaklala airport October 31,2005 in Rawalpindi, Islamabad surrounded by relief goods waiting to be distributed. The current death toll is now believed to be over 55,000 from the South Asian earthquake that happened over 3 weeks ago. Over 3 million people are still without proper shelter and aid organizations including the U.N are warning that thousands could die in remote mountainous regions as Winter approaches. Atleast 1,400 died in Indian-Kashmir. (photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images) Trump’s Cuts to USAID Would Imperil the United States
In Syria, USAID and its partners are pioneering new ways to help build resilience in areas where conflict has diminished.
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<> on September 12, 2012 in Washington, DC. Trump Shouldn’t Slash Diplomacy. He’ll Need It.
No amount of additional aircraft carriers or fighter jets can take the place of diplomats.
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s sudan crop Famine-Wracked South Sudan Now Wants to Charge Aid Workers For Help
Aid organizations slammed the government’s proposal.
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ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN-OCTOBER 31: USAID blankets being distributed by Mercy Corps are about to be loaded onto trucks at Chaklala airport October 31,2005 in Rawalpindi, Islamabad surrounded by relief goods waiting to be distributed. The current death toll is now believed to be over 55,000 from the South Asian earthquake that happened over 3 weeks ago. Over 3 million people are still without proper shelter and aid organizations including the U.N are warning that thousands could die in remote mountainous regions as Winter approaches. Atleast 1,400 died in Indian-Kashmir. (photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images) Savaging State and USAID Budgets Could Do Wonders for Results
The Trump administration is threatening serious cuts to diplomacy. But doing more with less isn’t impossible.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress on February 28, 2017 in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Trump's first address to Congress focused on national security, tax and regulatory reform, the economy, and healthcare. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo - Pool/Getty Images) Only the Law Can Restrain Trump
Populists keep winning because the system really is rigged. Reversing the global tide of authoritarian nativism requires making legal systems work for everyone.
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euro crop European Diplomats to Congress: For Our Sake, Don’t Cut Foreign Aid Funding
Foreign diplomats warn slashing U.S. military and foreign assistance could endanger allies under Russia’s shadow.
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afghan-crop Scathing Government Watchdog Report Details Bleak Outlook on Afghanistan
A warning to President Trump not to mismanage Afghanistan.
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AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - JANUARY 21: Demonstrators make their way from the iamsterdam statue in front of the Rijksmuseum towards US Consulate during the Women's March held at Museumplein on January 21, 2017 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Women's March originated in Washington DC but soon spread to be a global march calling on all concerned citizens to stand up for equality, diversity and inclusion and for women's rights to be recognised around the world as human rights. Global marches are now being held, on the same day, across seven continents. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) After Trump Bans Abortion Funding, Dutch to Help Plug the Gap
If America reels back global support for women’s healthcare, can other countries pick up the slack?
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TOPSHOT - Syrian pro-regime fighters, gesture as they drive past residents fleeing violence in the restive Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood, in Aleppo's Fardos neighbourhood on December 13, 2016, after regime troops retook the area from rebel fighters. Syrian rebels withdrew from six more neighbourhoods in their one-time bastion of east Aleppo in the face of advancing government troops, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. / AFP / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images) Can U.N. Monitors Stop the Slaughter in Aleppo?
The U.N. voted to send monitors to Aleppo. But some fear such moves could be too little, too late.
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Exxon Mobil chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson speaks at a discussion organized by the Economic Club of Washington on the energy innovations that have led to a new era of energy abundance for North America in Washington, DC on March 12, 2015. AFP PHOTO/ NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) All Rex Tillerson Cares About Is Energy
But does that mean he's going to gut America’s $50 billion foreign aid budget?
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hasan-crop In Brussels, The Mayor of Eastern Aleppo Makes His Last Diplomatic Stand
As the noose tightens around civilians in the besieged Syrian city.
