Development Aid Agencies

U.S. Emergency Assistance to Horn of Africa Over $797M to Date

prnewswire.com     12 hrs ago   2 related          

U.S. Emergency Assistance to Horn of Africa Over $797M to Date WASHINGTON, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of State, has...                

US ambassador speaks to Peace Scholarship recipients

dailystaregypt.com     17 hrs ago          

CAIRO: Ambassador Margaret Scobey spoke to the 22 recipients of the 2008 USAID Peace Scholarship who are now in Cairo preparing to depart for the United States. This year's scholarship recipients come from seven different...                

Does aid help Africa?

guardian.co.uk     21 hrs ago   2 related          

The big issue being debated on the Katine website at the moment is: does aid help Africa? In the debate we're hosting on the Katine site, four leading development experts outline their reasons for believing foreign aid to the...                

Meet on conservation of lakes ends

hindu.com     12 hrs ago          

HYDERABAD: A four-day international workshop on conservation of lakes concluded in the city on Friday with a declaration on ways to restore Hussainsagar lake. Among others, it suggested treatment of all sewage entering the...                

Labour loses crucial by-election (AFP)

yahoo.com     yesterday   318 related          

by Prashant Rao 9 minutes ago LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered a major blow Friday after his ruling Labour Party lost a crucial by-election in his native Scotland. The Scottish National Party (SNP) reversed a...                

Ethiopia: U.S. Provides Additional $112 Million in Humanitarian Aid

allafrica.com     yesterday   1 related          

The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa) Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Addis Abeba The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have provided an additional $91 million in emergency food aid and...                

Analysis: Bush's policy shifts affect Obama

wtop.com     yesterday   3,649 related          

President Bush speaks about the USAID Freedom Agenda, Thursday, July 24, 2008, in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington. Barack Obama wants to sound like the voice of reason on U.S. foreign...                

Waste management project signed

fijitimes.com     yesterday          

Update: 5:57PM The Environment Ministry along with an international technical co-operation signed a waste minimisation and recycling project to curb poor waste management issues. Signing the Waste Minimisation and Recycling...                

In quotes: Glasgow East reaction

bbc.co.uk     yesterday   26 related          

The SNP has won the Glasgow East by-election with a 22.54% swing from Labour. Here is some of the reaction to the result: JOHN MASON, SNP MP FOR GLASGOW EAST "Labour MPs across Scotland will be quaking in their boots. The east...                

Call for general election after Labour suffers Glasgow by-election drubbing

24dash.com     yesterday   62 related          

David Cameron urged Prime Minister Gordon Brown to call a general election in the wake of Labour's disastrous by-election defeat in Scotland today. The party lost the previously safe seat of Glasgow East to the Scottish...                

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