Ayenat Mersie
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Beyond the battlefield: The global ripple effects of the Iran war
5 days ago // Conflict
From displacing millions in the Middle East to driving up food and fuel prices in Africa and threatening fragile peace efforts in Sudan, the war’s shockwaves are being felt worldwide.
Mission 300 sends energy fellows into governments across Africa
7 days ago // Energy
Young energy professionals are being embedded inside government delivery units as part of the push to connect 300 million people in Africa to electricity by 2030.
Devex Dish: What happens when the rains fail and the aid recedes?
14 days ago // Devex Dish
In Kenya’s arid north, pastoralist counties meets a thinner donor cushion. Plus, the business case for financing women farmers, and change at the top of WFP.
A year without USAID: In Kenya, the shock reaches herders and hospitals
14 days ago // Global Health
Drought, debt pressures, and shrinking U.S. aid are converging — exposing strain in Kenya’s pastoralist economies and public health system.
WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain to step down, citing health concern
20 days ago // Food Systems
With backing from the United States — long its largest donor — wavering, a leadership test looms at the world’s largest humanitarian agency.
Devex Dish: The food lowdown from the AU Summit
28 days ago // Devex Dish
At the African Union Summit and the Munich Security Conference, food systems leaders make the investment case underlining why food security equals global security. Plus, goodbye to the EAT Foundation.
Special edition: As multilateralism fractures, Africa seeks a more perfect union
28 days ago // Devex Newswire
The African Continental Free Trade Area takes center stage at the AU Summit, and the U.S. seeks to pilot a new African cross-border infrastructure corridor, promising that investments would not be exploitative.
Scoop: US looks to pilot next African trade corridor project
29 days ago // Trade and Development
Officials are seeking input on which cross-border project to back under the new U.S.–AU infrastructure working group.
Devex Dish: When these ag researchers got lemons, they made lemonade
about 1 month ago // Devex Dish
How agricultural research is evolving after the shutdown of USAID’s Feed the Future innovation labs. Plus, Senegal becomes the first country to launch an AgriConnect compact with the World Bank.
When Feed the Future shut down, these researchers built something new
about 1 month ago // Food Systems
Responsible Innovations emerged as former USAID-backed researchers sought to preserve years of food systems research and global partnerships.