Africa: Taxing Africa's Informal Economies - Technology's Promise and Pitfalls: [The Conversation Africa] Changes in the development finance world - especially the sharp drop in foreign aid and fewer cheap loans for low-income countries - have pushed taxation back into the spotlight. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQtg0h #Africa #Taxation #InformalEconomy #DevelopmentFinance #ForeignAid

Indonesia to send up to 8,000 troops to Gaza under Trump's Board of Peace
By Tim Swanston and Hellena Souisa

The move makes Indonesia the first country to clearly commit troops to a multinational peacekeeping effort in the war-torn enclave.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/indonesia-to-send-8000-troops-to-gaza-idf-peacekeeping/106330718

#UnrestConflictandWar #WorldPolitics #ForeignAffairs #DefenceForces #TerritorialDisputes #ForeignAid #TimSwanston #HellenaSouisa

Indonesia to send up to 8,000 troops to Gaza under Trump's Board of Peace

The move makes Indonesia the first country to clearly commit troops to a multinational peacekeeping effort in the war-torn enclave. 

Chatting with Axel Dreher about Chinese aid & public support (for China), Western aid & political violence, US bilateral aid & the United Nations Security Council, aid & diffusion of economic activity, & some more. Link to full chat in comments. #foreignaid #democracy #economicgrowth #institutions #geoeconomics

An American-made hunger crisis. A worsening cholera epidemic.

Last summer, reporters Brett Murphy and Anna Barry-Jester journeyed to refugee camps in Kenya and South Sudan, some of the places most devastated by President Donald Trump’s dismantling of foreign aid. They spoke to hundreds of government and aid officials, as well as refugees, who witnessed and experienced how political appointees cut programs in arbitrary ways.

https://youtu.be/G7TeKNU_Dps?si=uSHXVxO27CmGcl9M

#usaid #trump #foreignaid #Politics #news

What Really Happened When USAID Was Cut

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Trump Admin Pushes International Orgs to Disavow Trans Care With Funding Ban

The new rule would essentially attempt to force groups to adopt discriminatory policies as a condition for funding.

https://murica.website/2026/01/trump-admin-pushes-international-orgs-to-disavow-trans-care-with-funding-ban/

Trump Admin Pushes International Orgs to Disavow Trans Care With Funding Ban – The USA Potato

Africa: Beyond Shifting Power - Rethinking Localisation Across the Humanitarian Sector: [IPS] Abuja, Nigeria -- For the last decade, many in the foreign aid sector have emphasised the need for localisation, and in the last 5 years, the calls have been louder than ever. I am one of such voices. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQWv2z #Africa #Localisation #HumanitarianAid #ForeignAid #AidSector