The government has been urged to review its aid programme in Afghanistan focusing on poverty reduction after it emerged some projects designed to boost economic growth are failing.
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) said "significant improvements should be made" to the Department for International Development's bilateral support for growth and livelihoods in Afghanistan.
ICAI reported that British-funded projects to remove landmines and build roads had done well.
Modi has rolled out the carpet for the Taliban in New Delhi — and we shouldn’t be surprised. They have more in common than you might think, argues Bhabani Shankar Nayak
ROGER McKENZIE reports on the west African country, under its new anti-imperialist government, taking up the case for compensation for colonial-era massacres
While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE



