Aid, regardless of whether it’s for infrastructure, health and humanitarian, goes beyond simply donating money. It is a proven strategy in geopolitics
The department of international relations and cooperation said the order failed to recognise South Africa’s ‘profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid’
Africa is again becoming the stage for the proxy wars of foreign powers
The famine that was feared has come to pass, and aid just isn’t getting in
The United Nations Population Fund is the world’s largest provider of contraception to poor countries. The UK’s cuts to the agency are almost three times more severe than…
The aid worker allegedly called his security guard a ‘slave’
In a world of climate change, it is essential that social protection systems are designed with the capacity and flexibility to respond to shocks.
Campaigners warn the reinstatement of a policy cutting aid to organisations that offer abortion services will devastate family planning.
Discussing development cooperation between the DRC and South Africa is necessary, as it is indicative of a different type of development assistance.
The past shows that aid and development models cannot resolve the continent’s inherent problems.
International help and pledges fall far short of the $65-million needed to deal with the disaster.
The future of drone technology is about to come dramatically to life at a tech conference in Cape Town, writes Arthur Goldstuck.
Summit season comes with degrees of "equal partnership" talk, but despite this the headlines are usually around promised money.
Sufficient political will is all we need to get the 58-million children not in school into classrooms by the end of next year, says Andris Piebalgs.
Newly inaugurated Malawian President Peter Mutharika has said he will seek to build relationships with countries such as Russia and China.
Sweden says it will stop development aid payments to Uganda "because of the anti-gay legislation" passed in late February.
The European Commission has launched an investigation into seven Spanish football clubs after complaints they accepted illegal state aid.
The UN, Australia and the US have mobilised emergency aid as the scale of the devastation unleashed by super typhoon Haiyan emerges.
The EU will pledge more than half a-billion euros to help Mali rebuild after months of conflict, says the European Commission President.
Britain has announced that it will cut off direct aid to South Africa in 2015, citing its status as Africa’s biggest economy.
