US entrepreneurial program seeks to counter militancy in eastern DRC
A cohort of youth entrepreneurs on Wednesday completed the training portion of a program designed to increase economic opportunity in...
US seeks to increase emerging technologies in developing countries with new partnership
The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Small Business Administration (SBA) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that...
US, Netherlands provide liquidity to underserved businesses in developing countries
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and the FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, on Thursday, announced a new...
US working with Mozambique to combat growing extremism
The United States is working at the national and local level in Mozambique, as it executes a “holistic strategy” to...
US details security cooperation with Nigeria, calls for accountability on school kidnappings
The United States, in its security cooperation with Nigeria, is “looking at programs” to prevent Nigerian security forces from committing...
New report finds Zimbabwean government largely responsible for high maternal mortality
The government of Zimbabwe has “failed” to provide adequate maternal healthcare and protect women and girls from abuse during pregnancy,...
At Paris Summit, US adds economic assistance in support to Sudan, urges end to Darfur conflict
The United States will do “all it can” to support Sudan’s transition to democracy, including by providing debt relief and...
Biden revokes Trump ban on immigrants who can’t afford healthcare, meets with Dreamers to discuss immigration reform
President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in another action to “restore faith” in the U.S. immigration system, on Friday revoked a...
US, South Africa coordinate on global vaccination efforts
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai met virtually on Thursday with Ebrahim Patel, South African Minister of Trade, Industry and...
In Horn of Africa, special envoy Jeffrey Feltman communicates US vision
U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman returned on Friday from his first trip to the region,...
