Posts Tagged ‘aid’

IMF aid becomes Egyptian political football

The Media Line Staff Cairo, Egypt David Rosenberg / The Med – An International Monetary Fund loan critical to propping up Egypt’s teetering economy is being jeopardized by domestic political infighting that threatens to delay or even scuttle the program, economists say. An IMF delegation left Cairo late on Tuesday after 17 days of talks [...]

In showdown with U.S., Egypt is sure of victory

The Media Line Staff Cairo, Egypt Joseph Mayton / The Media – Egypt’s generals are convinced it will be Washington that blinks first in the standoff over the fate of six American citizens being detained by Cairo authorities for their democratic and human rights activities. “We no longer have to worry about Washington because we [...]

Visions for a healthier West Bank economy

Ramallah, Palestinian Territory (IRIN) – Izz Tawil draws a black circle on the flip-chart in his office in Ramallah, capital of the West Bank in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). “The Palestinian economy is a closed cash-circle,” the general manager of the Palestinian microfinance network Sharakeh explains. He goes on to draw several small arrows [...]

Legal aid clinics help rural women

Antananarivo, Madagascar (IRIN) – Legal aid clinics are playing an important role during Madagascar’s current political and economic crisis, especially for poverty-hit rural women who are under-served by the country’s ailing judicial system. In the southeast of Madagascar, women’s rights used to be defended in special village councils, called ‘anakavy amin-dreny’ (the “sisters and mothers”). [...]

Minnesota becomes sixth state to sue Education Management Corp

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor St. Paul, MN, United States (AHN) – Minnesota has joined the federal government and other states in suing Education Management Corp., the nation’s second-largest for-profit college. According to the lawsuit, two EDMC colleges, Argosy University and the Art Institutes International, collected government financial aid despite the company having given [...]

Eurozone leader’s meeting shows divisions on handling Greek debt crisis

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Brussels, Belgium (AHN) – Solving the Greek sovereign debt crisis is essential or the other member states of the Eurozone will feel the negative consequences, warned the European Commission president. Eurozone leaders are meeting in Brussels, Belgium this week to discuss the Greek crisis. Despite the urgency of the [...]

Rejecting IMF loan, Egypt risks undermining economy

The Media Line Staff Cairo, Egypt (TML) – Egypt’s decision to reject loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank may save the government unwelcome political controversy at home, but it risks undermining the country’s already severely strained economy, economists warned. The terms of the IMF financing as well as the government’s plan [...]

George Clooney’s Satellite Sentinel Project Releases New Visual Evidence Of Sudan War Crimes

The Satellite Sentinel Project ( SSP ) has released new visual evidence that the Government of Sudan has committed grave violations of the Geneva Conventions and other war crimes, some of which may also constitute crimes against humanity. The totality of evidence from satellites and ground sources points to state-sponsored ethnic cleansing of much of [...]

The debt we owe the debt campaign

The Jubilee movement is special to millions of people who cut their campaigning teeth on it and learned from its success Last week I was at a leaving do for Stephen Rand who left the Jubilee Debt Campaign after 10 years as co-chair. It was a moment for a bit of nostalgia. Stephen is one [...]

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