At least 100 people have been killed in inter-ethnic clashes in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo that caused 25,000 civilians to flee, the ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Six aid groups have suspended operations in eastern Chad following the killing of one worker, the kidnapping of another and ...
The Obama administration nominated a young former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run the nation's top foreign assistance program Tuesday, ending months of speculation and complaints about who would take the vacant post. Rajiv Shah, a medical doctor ...
The Obama administration nominated a young former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run the nation's top foreign assistance program Tuesday, ending months of speculation and complaints about who would take the vacant post. Rajiv Shah, a medical doctor ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Moving to fill a gap in its foreign policy lineup, the White House on Tuesday nominated a health economist to head the $20-billion U.S. overseas aid agency it views as a crucial tool for boosting the U.S. image. President ...
Obama administration picks former Gates Foundation official to run US foreign aid The Obama administration nominated a young former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run the nation's top foreign assistance program Tuesday, ending months of speculation and complaints ...
This undated handout photo provided by the State Department shows Rajiv Shah. The Obama administration will nominate Shah, a former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run America's top foreign assistance program, the U.S. Agency for International Development, (USAID) ...
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: A man walks amongst miniature tents, created by German artist Hermann Josef Hack, on October 28, 2009 in London, England. The tents sprung up on London's Millenium Bridge, along with other EU contries including Brussels, Berlin, Dublin ...
Despite lofty goals, Obama yet to fill nation's top overseas aid job President Barack Obama faces increasing pressure to fill his administration's vacant top foreign assistance post, but there's no candidate in sight nine months into his term. The U.S. Agency for ...
A French employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was kidnapped in the war-torn western Sudanese region of Darfur on Thursday, the aid agency said. "We can confirm the abduction of one of our employees in the vicinity of ...
Two foreign aid workers seized at gunpoint more than three months ago in Sudan's Darfur were released Sunday by their captors in the third — and longest — kidnapping of aid workers in the arid region. The Irish and Ugandan women were ...
You may know it better as the laws of war, but the international humanitarian legal corpus defines the behavior and responsibilities of belligerent nations, neutrals nations, and people engaged in individual warfare. Governing this conduct toward each other and toward civilians was ...
