US Announces $97 Million for Ethiopia Drought, Famine Relief

VOA News The United States aid agency has announced $97 million in emergency assistance for Ethiopia to help address the “ongoing humanitarian crisis resulting from the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon.” “The United States Government is helping Ethiopians cope Read More ...

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US Announces $97 Million for Ethiopia Drought, Famine Relief

VOA News The United States aid agency has announced $97 million in emergency assistance for Ethiopia to help address the “ongoing humanitarian crisis resulting from the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon.” “The United States Government is helping Ethiopians cope Read More ...

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Amid Ethiopia Elections 2015, Obama’s USAID Nominee Gayle Smith Slammed For Supporting Africa’s Repressive Regimes

Gayle Smith, President Barack Obama’s nominee to run the U.S. Agency for International Development, boasts a glowing list of credentials after spending two decades in Africa as an aid worker and award-winning journalist. But to critics, she is a sympathizer of repressive regimes in Africa who has done little to improve living conditions for people

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Stop Sending Aid to Dictators 

By William Easterly, Time  March 13, 2014 Too much of America’s foreign aid funds what I call authoritarian development. That’s when the international community–experts from the U.N. and other bodies–swoop into third-world countries and offer purely technical assistance to dictatorships like

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USAid ‘not plotting to topple Kenya government’

The small protest was quickly dispersed by police The US has denied claims that it is funding attempts to “topple” the Kenyan government, amid worsening relations between the two countries. Kenya’s cabinet Secretary Francis Kimemia accused US development agency USAid

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