Headlines AfricaMar 7, 2025
Africa: Africa Beyond Aid: [Liberian Observer] When America's first felon announced a funding freeze of US humanitarian aid and 'development assistance' for 90 days, little did he know that he would ignite a reckoning not seen since independence movements began across much of Africa, Asia and Latin America. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJNVlc #AfricaBeyondAid #HumanitarianAid #DevelopmentAssistance #IndependenceMovements #Africa
Headlines AfricaJan 30, 2025
Africa: Trump Administration Freezes Foreign Development Assistance: [VOA] White House -- The Trump administration has ordered a three-month pause on almost all foreign development assistance pending a review to see what fits in with the president's "America First" policy. Aid groups and human rights watchdogs warn that the freeze will put countless lives around the world at risk. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/THg70H #Africa #Aid #DevelopmentAssistance #ForeignPolicy #AmericaFirst
Bob JamiesonOct 12, 2023

Forget the lie about EU money for Hamas. For ordinary Palestinians, the aid is a lifeline
Brussels is right to backtrack on its threats – cutting the territories’ largest aid package would only inflame the crisis
That suspending aid was even considered, and remains a possibility, is mind-boggling. If the goal is to punish Hamas, stopping European aid makes no sense. The EU and its member states do not fund Hamas.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/12/eu-aid-palestinians-hamas-brussels-crisis

#Palestine #EU #humanitarian #DevelopmentAssistance

Forget the lie about EU money for Hamas. For ordinary Palestinians, the aid is a lifeline

Brussels is right to backtrack on its threats – cutting the territories’ largest aid package would only inflame the crisis, says Martin Konečný, head of the European Middle East Project

The Guardian