List of Foreign Aid articles
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GettyImages-454079330_960 Why Is the United States Letting Its Best Foreign Aid Tool Fall Apart?
As America is blowing billions by using its military as a one-size-fits-all solution for emergencies around the world, USAID is understaffed, underfunded, and on the cusp of crisis.
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A Yemeni woman inpect a damaged car in a residential area that was destroyed by Saudi-led air strike last month, in the capital Sanaa, on May 18, 2015. Saudi-led coalition warplanes resumed strikes on rebel positions in southern Yemen after a five-day ceasefire expired, jeopardising efforts to deliver desperately needed aid. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) Saudi Arabia’s Unpaid Debt
Riyadh has promised $274 million in emergency aid for desperate Yemeni civilians. Two months later, why hasn’t the money arrived?
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Nepalese migrant workers queue to receive official documents in order to leave Nepal from the Labour department in Kathmandu on January 27, 2014. Nearly 200 Nepali migrant workers died in Qatar in 2013, many of them from heart failure, officials said, figures that highlight the grim plight of labourers in the Gulf nation. AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images) Watching Your Country Collapse from Afar
Thousands of Nepali workers in Qatar struggle to find a way to go home -- and give back -- to a country in crisis.
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472059794 U.S. Marine Helicopter Disappearance Shows Perils of Nepal Rescue Operations
A missing Marine helicopter shows how dangerous relief efforts in Nepal can be for foreign governments and aid organizations.
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462655016vickerycropped In Eastern Ukraine, Doctors Are ‘Terrorists’ and Antibiotics Are Herbs
Donetsk's medical system is crumbling and starved of even the most basic supplies. What will happen when the current cease-fire collapses?
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960-471797204 In Yemen, Trying to Save People Without Selling Out
Yemenis desperately need hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid being offered by Saudi Arabia. But relief workers are wary of taking the money while Saudi airstrikes continue.
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helicopter960 Who Controls Nepal’s Helicopters?
The country has just a handful of private helicopters, which are crucial to earthquake rescue operations. But are foreign trekkers the only ones who’ve benefitted?
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afghansigar Afghan Watchdog Finds That If You Build It, They Won’t Necessarily Come
A 37-acre industrial park in Kandahar built with $7.8 million in USAID funds has sat mostly empty since construction finished more than four years ago, says a new report.
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People carry the coffin of Anjela Nyokabi, who was killed during the attack on Garissa University, during her funerals at Mutunguru Catholic church in her home village of Kiambu on April 10, 2015. The funerals began on April 10 of students killed in a university massacre of almost 150 people, as some parents still waited to receive the remains of their loved ones. In Nairobi, hundreds of students gathered as the body of Anjela Nyokabi Githakwa, known as Jojo, was taken amid tears and wails from the mortuary to her home village in Kiambu, some 20 kilometres (15 miles) to the north. AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images) Kenya’s 9/11
Nairobi’s widespread crackdown after the Garissa university massacre sparks concern that it will cause even more suffering.
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Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), waves to the crowd of supporters during the kickoff of the National Stand with Rand tour on April 7, 2015 in Louisville, Kentucky. Conservative US Senator Rand Paul announced on April 7 that he is running for his party's nomination for the 2016 presidential race, making him the second major Republican to join the contest. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL B. THOMAS (Photo credit should read Michael B. Thomas/AFP/Getty Images) Who Will Stand With Rand?
In launching his bid for the White House, Rand Paul is trying to blaze a path between the neocons and the doves.
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CBhvxYNVEAA7_Zvcrop Death to the Infidel Chicken! The Islamic State Destroys U.S. Chickens Amid Food Crisis
Syrians are starving, and the Islamic State is bragging about the destruction of U.S. chickens.
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syrian Holding Out the Hat for Syria
Four years since the crisis began, aid organizations are struggling to drum up funds for suffering Syrians.
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475300755_960 The Executioners’ Bill
After an alleged series of brutal executions by the Burundian military, should the United States consider cutting off the cash it's giving the country's armed forces?
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Aid Agency Combats The Effect Of Poverty International Development’s Awkward Stage
The international development community loves children -- but it is surprisingly disengaged when it comes to youth, their needs, and the whole issue of s-e-x.
