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UK government criticised for abolishing international aid department

Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron as well as several charities have condemned Boris Johnson's decision to merge the Department for International Development with the Foreign Office.

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Path to prosperity: African Development Bank pushes for regional integration

In partnership with the African Development Bank

The African Development Bank is investing more than 13 billion Euros to finance regional integration infrastructure, believing it's key to economic prosperity.

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The Brief: European Development Days encourages investment in Africa

"It's a different Africa. It’s a continent of economic opportunities. And it’s fast-growing.” Over 8,000 people participated in this year's European Development Days, which addressed the issue of continental inequality.

World News

US cuts all aid to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza

The decision was linked to a Jan. 31 deadline set by new U.S. legislation under which foreign aid recipients would be more exposed to anti-terrorism lawsuits.

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Global Japan

Japan: education partner of Rwanda

In partnership with The Government of Japan

The Global Japan team has come to Tumba in northern Rwanda to discover a school which trains high-level technicians to meet the economic needs of the country.

Global Japan

Small is beautiful: How a Japanese micro-turbine is transforming a Nepalese village

In partnership with The Government of Japan

Japan's Ibasei has installed six small turbines in Nepal, and transferred the technology, bringing light to the darkness of schoolchildrens' classrooms and their homes.

World News

Euroviews. Jobs aren't the main reason young people migrate to Europe | View

Economic development programmes won't deter youth in countries like Somalia and Afghanistan from migrating unless they're accompanied by efforts to improve stability.

United Kingdom

Oxfam Haiti ex-chief denies paying for sex as scandal rocks aid sector

One former aid worker and whistleblower warns the Oxfam scandal is just the tip of the iceberg. He calls for greater scrutiny of the international aid sector.

World News

Unicef seeks to raise funds for Syrian children using cryptocurrency

Unicef has started recruiting gamers to mine Ethereum — the second-most valuable cryptocurrency after Bitcoin — to raise money for Syrian children.

China

Euroviews. View: China has opportunity to become new leader in international development

As the United States and the European Union retreat from their foreign-aid commitments, only China has the resources and the interest to assume the mantle of global development leadership.

Global Japan

Japan at the forefront of assistance to Africa

Japanese technology and teaching is paving the way towards self-sufficiency in Africa's agricultural sector

Focus

Civil society gets a say at EU-Africa forum

Human development, a healthy environment, gender equality and youth were some of the issues raised at the three-day event in Tunis.

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Job creation: the EU-Africa Business Forum

The EU will spend 3.35 billion euros in an attempt to attract 44 billion of investment in Africa

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Role of African women: a key issue at Dakhla forum

Agriculture, food security, sustainable development and the role of women — just some of the topics covered at this year’s Crans Montana Forum which was held in…

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The International Africa Development Forum discusses trust and cooperation

Casablanca is the economic capital of Morocco.

USA

Euroviews. The UN needs a new generation of leaders: view

At a time of when countries are becoming more inward-looking, when other priorities dominate political discourse, additional funds may not be forthcoming for development cooperation.

World News

World powers push for more aid for Afghanistan

Fifteen years after the US invasion to oust the Taliban the country remains reliant on international aid and faces a resurgent militant threat.

World News

Geothermal energy helps power Kenya's future

Kenya’s rift valley boasts a mind-blowing safari landscape.

World

Public funding, private loans - whatever it takes to get an education

In this edition of Learning World, we visited both northern Rwanda and southern Brazil to examine a question that faces families the world over –

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4th annual Africa Development Forum: what is the focus?

Transforming agriculture from a subsistence activity into a driver of development and growth