Aid
latest news & developmentsRemember Trump, foreign aid is not free assistance
Aid, regardless of whether it’s for infrastructure, health and humanitarian, goes beyond simply donating money. It is a proven strategy in geopolitics
Trump order cutting aid, offering sanctuary to Afrikaners is premised on factual inaccuracies, SA says
The department of international relations and cooperation said the order failed to recognise South Africa’s ‘profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid’
Brace yourselves for a new Cold War
Africa is again becoming the stage for the proxy wars of foreign powers
Tigrayans are starving to death
The famine that was feared has come to pass, and aid just isn’t getting in
Zambia faces birth control shortages after UK slashes UN funding
The United Nations Population Fund is the world’s largest provider of contraception to poor countries. The UK’s cuts to the agency are almost three times more severe than…
America’s Africa policy needs a rethink
When it comes to engagement with Africa, the United States has lost ground to China, Russia, Turkey, and the Gulf States. That’s why the new Biden administration needs new…
Catholic NGO boss accused of racism and abuse in Sudan
The aid worker allegedly called his security guard a ‘slave’
As climate changes, so must aid
In a world of climate change, it is essential that social protection systems are designed with the capacity and flexibility to respond to shocks.
How Trump’s global ‘gag rule’ policy threatens health clinics
Campaigners warn the reinstatement of a policy cutting aid to organisations that offer abortion services will devastate family planning.
The unaccounted billions in international aid
Discussing development cooperation between the DRC and South Africa is necessary, as it is indicative of a different type of development assistance.
South-South aid will go south
The past shows that aid and development models cannot resolve the continent’s inherent problems.
Flood-hit Malawi faces aid deficit
International help and pledges fall far short of the $65-million needed to deal with the disaster.
When the drones go dancing
The future of drone technology is about to come dramatically to life at a tech conference in Cape Town, writes Arthur Goldstuck.
Billions promised to Africa – here’s how it would be spent
Summit season comes with degrees of "equal partnership" talk, but despite this the headlines are usually around promised money.
Universal primary education can be achieved by 2015 – EU commissioner
Sufficient political will is all we need to get the 58-million children not in school into classrooms by the end of next year, says Andris Piebalgs.