Tag: Development Assistance
“Setbacks” caused by the Ukraine war and the pandemic
Philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates In the Handelsblatt interview, Gates calls on the industrialized countries to support Africa. (Photo: AP) new York The pandemic and the war in…
Gates, Soros and UN are demanding billions in aid
agriculture in Africa The consequences of climate change are hurting agriculture on the continent. (Photo: dpa) New York, Dusseldorf The UN General Assembly is facing major discussions. The poor countries…
Rich countries must help Africa because they have changed the climate
Philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates In the Handelsblatt interview, Gates calls on the industrialized countries to support Africa. (Photo: AP) new York The pandemic and the war in…
One year after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan: what we left behind
i am a journalist And in the exercise of my profession, I can express my opinion publicly. I don’t have to fear for my own life afterwards, let alone that…
One year after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan: what we left behind
i am a journalist And in the exercise of my profession, I can express my opinion publicly. I don’t have to fear for my own life afterwards, let alone that…
“Afghanistan is the saddest country on earth”
Bangkok Dozens of men cower in the dust along a wall in front of the passport office in Kabul. Most have brought with them plastic wrappers full of documents in…
100 billion euros are to push the reconstruction of Ukraine
Lugano, Brussels It was an urgent appeal that Volodymyr Zelensky made to his potential donors: Russia has destroyed educational institutions in the four months since the invasion in 2000, the…
Putin blames West for grain shortages
Macky Sall and Vladimir Putin Russia’s head of state and the AU President last Friday in Sochi (Photo: AP) Berlin After more than 100 days of war in the Ukraine,…
We also need to become less susceptible to blackmail when it comes to food
Wheat harvest in Egypt In 2022, a food crisis is hardly avoidable. (Photo: Bloomberg) Becoming less vulnerable to blackmail is one of the lessons drawn from Russia’s war in Ukraine…
The world fears a new famine
davos David Beasley is used to warning, but these days the director of the UN World Food Program is warning with a new urgency: “We are facing the worst humanitarian…
Hunger from Putin’s grain war: Powerful nations are preparing
Global trends Handelsblatt author Thomas Hanke analyzes interesting data and trends from all over the world in the column. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) The world is beginning to take notice that…
The West and the Silk Road
After Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine, the world will no longer be the same as before, says Chancellor Olaf Scholz. That is an accurate assessment, especially with regard to the…
Who are the biggest funders
The Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine have thrown back developing and emerging countries in their fight against hunger and poverty. Now there are also signs of bottlenecks in…
How the Ukraine war could shake Africa
Cape Town The military rulers in Sudan must have sensed a certain uneasiness when they had to almost double the price of bread last year because of high inflation. When…
Ethiopia starts electricity production with controversial Nile dam
Construction of the Nile Dam GERD stands for: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. It is in northwestern Ethiopia (Photo: dpa) Addis Ababa Ethiopia has put the Nile dam, which is controversial…
Genetic engineering can still world hunger
drought The overexploitation of nature means that arable land is shrinking worldwide. (Photo: dpa) Actually, the UN wants to have eliminated hunger in the world by 2030. But instead of…
How Biontech wants to solve the vaccine problem in Africa
Frankfurt The Mainz-based company Biontech is pushing ahead with its production plans for Africa with the development of a modular production system for mRNA vaccines. The manufacturing plants will be…
China cuts off credit to developing countries
China worsens debt crisis in developing countries Chinese customs officials hoist the national flag in front of the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin The World Bank rang…
The challenges of the new development minister
Svenja Schulze (SPD) is considered to be one of the winners of the federal election. After all, the 53-year-old, together with Christine Lambrecht (SPD), is one of only two ministers…
Aid organizations in Afghanistan are sounding the alarm
Bangkok Obaidullah Baheer lined up 17 stacks side by side in a backyard in Kabul. They each consist of a sack of rice and flour, plastic bags with lentils and…