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USAID pauses food assistance to Tigray region of Ethiopia

Boys play soccer at a camp for the internally displaced due to the fighting between the Ethiopian National Defense Force and the Tigray People's Liberation Front forces in Dessie town, Amhara region, Ethiopia, on 8th October, 2021.

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 […]

USAID to grant $US115 million in aid to El Salvador to stem migration

El Salvador caravan of migrants

San SalvadorReuters The United States will grant $US115 million in cooperation aid to El Salvador to slow migration from the Central American country, Samantha Power, administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, said on Monday. “We can work with local partners in Central America to expand opportunities for youth and help them get […]