Readers Write: USAID funding, Veterans Affairs
As someone with on-the-ground experience with USAID programs in Africa and Eastern Europe, I am appalled by the administration’s slash-and-burn approach to this critical piece our nation’s security ...
'We're pawns in a game': US aid workers left in limbo overseas as agency slashed
USAID foreign staff say in addition to feeling stranded, they also worry how their absences will harm the countries and ...
The fossil skull that rocked the world – 100 years later scientists are grappling with the Taung find’s complex colonial legacy
The international scientific community rebuffed this hypothesis. They were looking outside Africa for human origins and ...
Used as human shields, starved and under fire: The horrors people with disabilities face in Putin’s war
In the final part of our series on the plight of people with disabilities caught up in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Bel Trew speaks to a man who had only the use of one limb, his arm, about the ...
Is Ethiopia's Tigray on the brink of a fresh conflict?
An intense power struggle within the former liberation movement TPLF is fueling fears of chaos and war among many residents ...
America Can’t Just Unpause USAID
Democratic lawmakers have started pushing back on the demolition of USAID. Yesterday, Brian Schatz, a Democratic senator from ...
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Gold Rush Gone Toxic - Illegal Mining in Tigray Endangers Lives, Environment As Authorities Turn a Blind Eye to Cyanide and Mercury Use
For centuries, artisanal gold miners in the Asgede district, located in the North Western Zone of the Tigray region, have used traditional tools for gold extraction. However, in recent years, this ...