Apr 30 Obama to nominate Gayle Smith as next USAID chief By News Desk President Barack Obama intends to nominate Gayle Smith, his adviser and the senior director for development and democracy at the National Security Council, as the next administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the White House said Thursday. Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch 5:40 Ebola efforts shift from keeping up with new cases to eliminating the epidemic By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 24 U.S. to pay Alan Gross $3.2 million after 5 years in Cuban jail By Douglass K. Daniel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A former subcontractor freed last week after five years in a Cuban jail will receive $3.2 million from the federal government as part of a settlement with the Maryland-based company that employed him at the time of his… Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 7:35 News Wrap: USAID chief announces resignation By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, USAID administrator Rajiv Shah announced he’s stepping down hours before the diplomatic deal with Cuba was announced. Shah had overseen the agency’s involvement in secret programs in Cuba. Also, Pakistan mourned and buried victims of… Continue watching
Dec 17 U.S. international aid head to step down By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development says he will step down from the post in February. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch 3:17 Behind USAID’s failed attempt to infiltrate Cuban hip-hop By PBS News Hour This week the Associated Press revealed that the U.S. government attempted and failed to co-opt the hip-hop scene in Cuba to "spark a youth movement against the government." Trish Wilson of the Associated Press joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C… Continue watching
May 28 Watch Is low voter turnout in Egypt enough to legitimize al-Sisi’s takeover? By PBS News Hour The head of Egypt’s military-led government, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is on course for a large presidential victory, according to preliminary election results. But despite the addition of a third polling day, many Egyptians never showed up to the polls. Borzou… Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch Will violent rivalry tip South Sudan toward famine? By PBS News Hour The slaughter of hundreds of civilians is just the latest act of reprisal violence in South Sudan that began as a rivalry between two politicians of different ethnic groups. Judy Woodruff takes a closer look at the root of the… Continue watching
Apr 03 U.S. created Cuban social media network in attempt to stir unrest By Justin Scuiletti The United States created a “Cuban Twitter” in 2010, the Associated Press reported Thursday, in order to covertly spur Cubans to stand up against their government. Continue reading