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SIGAR Report on Afghan Fund (Jan 2024)

SIGAR Report on Afghan Fund (Jan 2024)

The United States Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported to Congress on the status of the Afghan Fund. The report was in response to a Congressional request for information...

SIGAR Report on Afghan Fund (Jan 2024)

The United States Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported to Congress on the status of the Afghan Fund. The report was in response to a Congressional request for information...

Democratic Republic of the Congo upholds president's reelection, rejects opposition candidate's annulment bid

Democratic Republic of the Congo upholds presid...

Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday upheld the results of last month's election that declared President Felix Tshisekedi the winner, rejecting a petition by an opposition candidate to annul the vote. "Mr....

Democratic Republic of the Congo upholds presid...

Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday upheld the results of last month's election that declared President Felix Tshisekedi the winner, rejecting a petition by an opposition candidate to annul the vote. "Mr....

Exclusive-Audit Fails to Win U.S. Backing for Release of Afghan Central Bank Funds - U.S. Officials

Exclusive-Audit Fails to Win U.S. Backing for R...

  WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S.-funded audit of Afghanistan's Taliban-run central bank has failed to win Washington's backing for a return of bank assets from a $3.5 billion Swiss-based trust...

Exclusive-Audit Fails to Win U.S. Backing for R...

  WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S.-funded audit of Afghanistan's Taliban-run central bank has failed to win Washington's backing for a return of bank assets from a $3.5 billion Swiss-based trust...

Fragile States Index 2023 – Annual Report

Fragile States Index 2023 – Annual Report

The Fragile States Index, produced by The Fund for Peace, is a critical tool in highlighting not only the normal pressures that all states experience, but also in identifying when...

Fragile States Index 2023 – Annual Report

The Fragile States Index, produced by The Fund for Peace, is a critical tool in highlighting not only the normal pressures that all states experience, but also in identifying when...

Biden unfreezes Afghan funds for in-country relief and 9/11 legal fight

Biden unfreezes Afghan funds for in-country rel...

Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images CNN —  President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday allowing $7 billion in frozen assets from Afghanistan’s central bank to eventually be distributed inside the country and...

Biden unfreezes Afghan funds for in-country rel...

Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images CNN —  President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday allowing $7 billion in frozen assets from Afghanistan’s central bank to eventually be distributed inside the country and...

U.S. to Move Afghanistan’s Frozen Central Bank Reserves to New Swiss Fund

U.S. to Move Afghanistan’s Frozen Central Bank ...

  For almost seven months, Afghan central bank reserves frozen by the United States and set aside to somehow help the Afghan people, have sat, immobilized. Now those funds —...

U.S. to Move Afghanistan’s Frozen Central Bank ...

  For almost seven months, Afghan central bank reserves frozen by the United States and set aside to somehow help the Afghan people, have sat, immobilized. Now those funds —...