Most of Haiti transition council has been named, Blinken says
Vienna, Austria/Washington DC, US Reuters Most of the nine people who will sit on Haiti’s political transition council have been named by the groups they represent, although a couple are still pending, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday. Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced on Monday he would step down once the […]
Updated: Thousands flee Karabakh to Armenia, death toll rises in fuel depot blast
Updated: 12:30pm (AEST)Near Kornidzor, ArmeniaReuters Hungry and exhausted Armenian families jammed roads on Tuesday to flee homes in the defeated breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, a departure blighted by an explosion at a fuel depot that killed dozens and injured more than 100. The crisis prompted the US Agency for International Development to announce that Washington […]
Russia strikes Ukraine grain ports after pulling out of export deal
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia struck Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a UN-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, and Moscow claimed gains on the ground in an area where Ukrainian officials said Russian forces were going back on the offensive. Russia said it hit fuel storage in Odesa and a plant […]
USAID pauses food assistance to Tigray region of Ethiopia
Washington DC, USReuters The United States Agency for International Development announced on Wednesday the temporary suspension of its food assistance to the Tigray region of Ethiopia. While describing the move as a “difficult decision”, USAID Administrator Samantha Power said the agency recently discovered that food aid intended for people of the region, who are suffering […]
US to help journalists globally defend against legal threats
United Nations Reuters The United States on Tuesday launched a program to defend journalists around the world from legal threats aimed at silencing critical voices, a growing tactic that top US aid official Samantha Power described as “lawfare”. US Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power speaks as she participates in a Peace, Security and […]
African Union chair calls for Ethiopia truce, peace talks
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters The chair of the African Union on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and urged parties in the two-year-old conflict to agree to direct peace talks. The Ethiopian Government and its allies have been fighting Tigray forces on and off since late 2020. The violence has killed thousands […]
USAID pledges Kenya $US255 million to fight drought, appeals to rich countries to help
Nairobi, KenyaReuters The US development agency USAID on Friday said it would give Kenya $US255 million in emergency assistance to tackle severe drought. Some 4.1 million people in the East African nation are facing acute food shortages, the government says, while the number of cases of child malnutrition has surged by half in parts of […]
US aid chief says emergency food in Ethiopia’s Tigray to run out this week
Nairobi, KenyaReuters For the first time in nine months of war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, aid workers will this week run out of food to deliver to millions of people who are going hungry there, the head of the US Government’s humanitarian agency said. “USAID and its partners as well as other humanitarian organisations have […]
US aid chief seeks more effective help for Haiti amid “chaos”
Washington DC, US Reuters The head of the US Agency for International Development said on Wednesday she was looking at aid to Haiti in the hope of better results than billions of dollars in previous assistance that did little to ease the country’s deep problems. “We see the chaos, we see what isn’t working,” USAID […]