Poverty and Development

Egypt developing Gaza reconstruction plan to counter Trump’s ‘take over’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

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Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, has confirmed Cairo is ‘actively developing’ a reconstruction plan for Gaza. The Egyptian government is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without displacing the Palestinian enclave’s population, as it attempts to provide a viable alternative to United States President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal to “take over” the territory and displace … Read more

Trump’s tariffs present fresh headache for India’s slowing economy | Poverty and Development

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Hours before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the White House, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would levy reciprocal tariffs on its trading partners. It could hardly have come at a tougher time for India, which is already pressed by a slowing economy and sluggish demand. At a joint news conference, … Read more

For China, USAID’s demise could be a soft power win in Southeast Asia | Poverty and Development News

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As the United States winds back humanitarian assistance in Southeast Asia, its rival China may see an opportunity to expand its influence in a region where it has directed billions of dollars in investment and aid, analysts say. In a little over three weeks since US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Washington has frozen nearly all … Read more

USAID places staff on leave, recalls personnel overseas | Poverty and Development News

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Announcement comes as US President Donald Trump confirms he is considering eliminating the aid agency. The administration of United States President Donald Trump has ordered nearly all directly-hired staff of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to be placed on leave as part of the Republican’s drive to radically shrink the government. USAID said … Read more

‘It’s the only way’: Migrants, army face-off along S Africa-Zimbabwe border | Migration News

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Musina, South Africa – Every day, Fadzai Musindo walks across the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa – sometimes via the official border post but usually by taking the more dangerous informal route. Streams of men, women and children regularly cross the bridge separating the two countries, but for the 43-year-old mother of three, it … Read more