As Canada's prime minister arrives in Senegal for a two-day official visit, Global News has obtained new documents detailing Canada's approach to relations in sub-Saharan Africa.

Even if Canada doesn't win a Security Council seat, diplomats say its campaign in Africa for the spot has already yielded benefits for the country.

Global News has obtained internal government documents that show just "one per cent" of Canadians can say anything about the Feminist International Assistance Policy, a centrepiece of the Trudeau government's aid program.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has maintained blockades at the South American country's borders, preventing millions of dollars in international aid from reaching its people.

Canada is standing by the United Nations Work and Relief Agency (UNWRA) after the United States announced it would cease funding the agency.

Canada has shifted its aid focus from "medicines-and-blankets" to projects seeking to improve infrastructure, promote economic development and improve gender equity, a shift underlined Tuesday by a new aid package for projects in Jordan and the Middle East worth $45.3 million.

Two self-described Canadian feminist advocacy organizations say the government needs to make major changes to how it hands out foreign aid.

Today's development review makes no new spending commitments for foreign aid, despite numerous calls by international agencies to do so.

Donor countries should use their aid budget to prioritize development in poor nations instead of spending it on refugees at home, says report.

The conflict-fueled hunger crises in Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan have culminated in a trio of potential famines hitting almost simultaneously.