Foreign Aid

South Africa is presented with opportunities and problems created by the Musk-Trump regime

The UK is set to count its excess Covid-19 vaccines as part of its aid budget, taking money away from other projects

Because foreign aid is not effective in helping African countries achieve their development goals, the ‘aid sector’ needs to be reformed

Michela Wrong debunks the myth of Rwanda as a model developmental state and a poster child for Western aid, the theme of her latest book

A lack of nuanced, in-depth analysis has in the past led to policy blunders – with disastrous consequences

Economists question the manner in which the transitional government partially cut fuel subsidies

A more explicit emphasis on the national interest may encourage donor countries to play ‘the long game’ in Africa

Western aid has resulted in an Anglo-American culture of journalism education which has proved impractical to implement in African countries

The daily number of new Ebola cases has tripled in recent months, according to aid organizations

Humanitarian aid, much of it from the United States, has become the centrepiece of the standoff between Maduro and Guaido

Although the dearth of global funding could be viewed as a tragedy, it represents a tremendous opportunity

Opposition leader and self declared president Juan Guaido will lead a rally in Caracas but demonstrations have been called all over the country

In the face of spiralling debt, the Patriotic Front will struggle to take the next election

Security now matters more than freedom in the increased ‘bordernisation’ of Europe which renders those seeking refuge subhuman and vulnerable

French group Doctors Without Borders is the latest to join in the scandal over sexual abuse in the foreign aid industry