The US State Department has introduced performance metrics for American ambassadors in Africa to evaluate them based on the ...

Debt-servicing to China now surpasses all repayments to the Paris Club combined, according to a Lowy Institute report.

According to the report, dozens of impoverished and conflict-ridden countries have seen multiple aid services cut, creating ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration's reorganization of what he calls the U.S. "foreign aid ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, tasked with reassuring regional defense officials that ...

The secretary of state rejected convincing evidence documented in news reports and by disease modelers. “That question about ...

China is striving to expand its footprint in Central Asia, hoping to take advantage of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the US Agency for International Development and the broader cuts in ...

Analysts say several African countries are engaging more with China, Russia as reliable partners.

American soft power recovered after low points during the Vietnam and Iraq wars, as well as during Trump’s first term. But ...

However much the West and China may wish to compete for the Global South’s affections, the constraints of their respective political economies limit their offer. Trump’s dismantling of USAID dispenses ...

Never mind that USAID accounted for less than 1% of the ... Never mind that it kept China out of countries that, until recently, trusted America at its word. “Never mind that” drove Congress ...