Latest U.S. Agency for International Development News
Biden pushed Gaza pier over warnings it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza this year even as some at the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to accomplish and undercut the effort to persuade...
US warns a famine in Sudan is on pace to be the deadliest in decades as the world looks elsewhere
WASHINGTON (AP) — The newly confirmed famine at one of the sprawling camps for war-displaced people in Sudan’s Darfur region is growing uncontrolled as the country's combatants block aid, and it threatens to grow bigger and deadlier than the world’s last major famine 13 years ago, U.S....
Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Thousands of tons of food, medicines and other aid piled up on a beach in war-torn Gaza is not reaching those in need because of a dire security situation and lawlessness on the ground, a U.S. aid official said Wednesday. Truck drivers are getting caught in...
