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. Continue reading
Canada is standing by the United Nations Work and Relief Agency (UNWRA) after the United States announced it would cease funding the agency. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Two self-described Canadian feminist advocacy organizations say the government needs to make major changes to how it hands out foreign aid. Continue reading
Today’s development review makes no new spending commitments for foreign aid, despite numerous calls by international agencies to do so. Continue reading
Donor countries should use their aid budget to prioritize development in poor nations instead of spending it on refugees at home, says report. Continue reading
The conflict-fueled hunger crises in Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan have culminated in a trio of potential famines hitting almost simultaneously. Continue reading
The world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years has been declared in three African countries. Continue reading
Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Canada can do more with less foreign aid spending, and that includes relying on a new profit-driven financial lending institution to help fight poverty in poor countries. Continue reading
Irish rock star Bono may be a self-declared fan of Justin Trudeau’s feminist foreign aid approach, but now his international organization says it is disappointed by the absence of new money to fund it. Continue reading