3 days ago // Career
The fallout from the aid freeze is still rippling through Ethiopia’s humanitarian workforce, with many laid-off workers unemployed.
4 days ago // World Bank
Anna Bjerde explains why country-owned compacts, stronger cross-border connectivity along the Lobito Corridor, and water are emerging as core pillars of the bank’s Africa agenda.
5 days ago // Devex Dish
Migrant labor underpins global food production — and in some places, policies are finally starting to catch up. Plus, Washington updates and highlights from Devex’s Power 50 in food and agriculture.
10 days ago // Development Finance
The break highlights growing tensions over how African institutions are rated — and who gets to decide what counts as a preferred creditor.
12 days ago // Climate Finance
Adaptation needs billions more each year. AfDB is betting a new mechanism can help close the gap.
19 days ago // Devex Dish
USAID’s flagship food aid program finds a home — albeit a temporary one, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Plus, AGRA’s “rainbow revolution” for Africa, and we remember legendary agricultural scientist Pedro Sánchez.
19 days ago // The Future of US Aid
A temporary agreement moves Food for Peace to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, raising questions about whether the shift will alter the program’s core mission and whether the agency can manage its scale.
25 days ago // Finance
The two sides signed a joint declaration to deepen coordination across financing, operations and long-term planning.
about 1 month ago // Food systems
The decision by Somalia’s largest donor comes as a fast-escalating drought deepens food needs and geopolitical tensions complicate relations with Washington.
about 1 month ago // Devex Dish
The big pressures bearing down on food systems, the five trends we’re watching this year, and introducing the Global Flagship Initiative on Food Security.