The victory of Donald Trump has led to fears about the impact of his presidency on US humanitarian and development aid. Campaigners and NGOs worry a Trump administration could scale down or even abolish the US Agency for International Development (USAid). Karen McVeigh asks whether a new stance on abortion could jeopardise hundreds of millions of dollars of aid for maternal and children’s health.
From West Papua, Indonesia, Susan Schulman reports on claims from indigenous tribes that their communities have been racked with poverty, disease, oppression and environmental degradation since the Grasberg gold mine began operations in 1973.
Elsewhere on the site
Hydroelectric dams emit a billion tonnes of greenhouse gases a year, study finds
Sudan steeled for sharp price rises as state cuts fuel and electricity subsidies
COP22 host Morocco launches action plan to fight devastating climate change
Climate finance dispute prompts Bangladesh to hand back £13m of UK aid
Maria Sharapova reinstated as UN goodwill ambassador
In depth
Riding the Nile train: could lifting US sanctions get Sudan’s railway on track?
COP22 host Morocco launches action plan to fight devastating climate change
People in warzones feel needs not being met by humanitarian organisations
Brazilian women kick back against Temer presidency with capoeira
Canada broadens aid horizons as focus falls on women and girls in Mozambique
Myanmar casts minorities to the margins as citizenship law denies legal identity
Book extract
Scarred body, scarred soul: life as Joseph Kony’s bodyguard
Opinion
Margaret Chan: Every tobacco death is an avoidable tragedy. The epidemic must stop here
Tiffany Mugo: Why are we ignoring the sexual health of women who have sex with women?
Jessica Horn: Khwezi showed how to challenge rape culture – the rest is up to us
Milford Bateman and Jonathan Glennie: Cuba must shun capitalism and seek development solutions from within
Multimedia
Rebuilding in Nepal’s Langtang valley – gallery
West Papua’s verdant highlands devastated by mine waste – gallery
Seeking shelter at the UN’s Bentiu camp in South Sudan – gallery
Volunteers who fought Ebola for Sierra Leone: one year on – gallery
What you said
On the opinion piece by Milford Bateman and Jonathan Glennie about Cuba, ChrissyLew said:
“Economically, I think Vietnam would be a good model to take a look at. It is communist with a mix of central control and a fair amount of free market. But I hope Cuba takes a much more socially liberal path than Vietnam and allows people many more freedoms, for instance free speech.
Highlight from the blogosphere
Writing on Development Horizons, Lawrence Haddad calls for a better understanding of how urbanisation impacts malnutrition.
And finally …
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