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South-South cooperation has a long way to go

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INTERNATIONAL

Foreign development assistance from and to countries in the ‘Global South’ aims to disrupt not only the established direction of aid flows from the northern to the southern…

Conflicting interests mar Burundi's peace prospects

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BURUNDI

This will significantly set back the peace process mediated by Uganda, the East African Community and the African Union (AU), with input from the UN, the United States and other…

East Africa food security will test resilience concept

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EAST AFRICA

This falls just short of a 'famine' warning -- which would require 20% of households to face catastrophe levels, as well as heightened malnutrition and mortality rates. The UN has…

African states face widening climate impact challenges

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AFRICA

African climate change strategies.

World Bank may shift global financing model for LICs

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INTERNATIONAL

The comments come as the World Bank is pressing donors to provide at least 65 billion dollars for the International Development Association (IDA), the Bank's financing arm for…

Agility will be key to UN’s COVID-19 humanitarian plan

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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL: UN’s COVID-19 plan requires agility

COVID-19 adds to Afghan fiscal and political pressures

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AFGHANISTAN

The government is struggling to manage the health crisis and is distracted by peace negotiations, the impending US troop withdrawal and its own factional infighting.

'Mega-foundations' will help global aid programmes

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INTERNATIONAL

The role of 'mega-foundations' in aid programmes to developing countries.

Beirut blast could bring hunger, disease and fury

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LEBANON

The leading theory suggests an accidental cause. The blast has caused massive devastation and put extreme pressure on struggling healthcare facilities. Lebanon was already facing…

EU will struggle to gain post-COVID Balkan influence

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BALKANS

The European Commission has prepared for the summit by making public a package of financial support for the Western Balkans as the region struggles to emerge from the COVID-19…