Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

1 week ago | risingnepaldaily.com | Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

The largest single donor worldwide has halted its development cooperation: funding for USAID has been frozen for 90 days and is currently under review. These actions by the US president are already costing human lives. The global community must save what it can – and work to close the gaps sensibly. Money from development financing is used to secure vital sectors such as food and health. The US development agency USAID distributed over $ 30 billion in 2024.

Jul 31, 2023 | en.qantara.de | Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

In 2011, the year of the Arab Spring, Egyptian ethnomusicologist Mina Girgis decided to launch a music project. It was not inspired by the protests around Cairo's Tahrir Square but by one of the few constants in Egyptian life: the Nile. However, the Nile is not just Egyptian. Girgis quickly realised that such a project – like Africa's longest river – would have to flow across national boundaries.