Devex
Devex
February 12, 2025 at 02:33 PM
Here are some of the top articles published on Devex in the past few days: #1 SCOOP: As Trump halts U.N.-backed U.S. refugee resettlement program, the U.N. migration agency lays off 3,000 workers. https://www.devex.com/news/scoop-un-migration-agency-sends-out-3-000-pink-slips-in-mass-layoffs-109372?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link #2 The U.N. migration agency also sanitized its website in the face of the U.S. campaign against DEI and sexual reproductive rights. https://www.devex.com/news/scoop-un-migration-agency-expunges-website-of-dei-catchphrases-109351?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link #3 WFP to resume food aid delivery following an uproar from several Republican members of Congress from agricultural states where farmers grow and sell commodities for international aid programs. https://www.devex.com/news/wfp-to-resume-food-aid-delivery-after-halt-due-to-us-stop-work-order-109340?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link #3 The ceaseless dismantling of USAID has curtailed the agency’s ability to vet humanitarian awards for terrorist links — along with its capacity to monitor aid distributions in high-risk areas. https://www.devex.com/news/chaos-staff-cuts-have-degraded-usaid-s-ability-to-vet-terrorist-ties-109357?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link #4 How the collapse of USAID could unleash ‘an ISIS army in waiting.’ https://www.devex.com/news/how-the-collapse-of-usaid-could-unleash-an-isis-army-in-waiting-109317?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link #5 UNOCHA to scale back work amid US funding crisis. "Given the uncertainty, we must make changes", the U.N. relief chief told staff. https://www.devex.com/news/un-humanitarian-arm-to-scale-back-work-amid-us-funding-crisis-109315?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link

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