Click here to access my weekly selection of mainstream news articles covering rich world policies and practices that affect poor people in developing countries.As media coverage of the G8 summit faded last week, a number of stories on U.S. and UK involvement in Africa stepped into the spotlight. Among other topics, these stories covered the U.S. Department of Defense’s increased role in aid contributions to Africa and friction between the UK and developing countries in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia.Sample articles:UK Looks to Europe for Zimbabwe Sanctions (CNN, 7/14/08)In place of UN sanctions, the UK imposes their own sanctions on Zimbabwe’s government and calls upon the European Union to do the same. This move comes after China and Russia exercised their veto power to derail UN sanctions on Zimbabwe’s government.Report: U.S. Africa Aid is Increasingly Military (Washington Post, 7/18/08)Refugees International recently released a report warning that the Pentagon’s increased role in foreign assistance may harm development efforts in Africa. The Department of Defense now controls 22 percent of U.S. aid to Africa, up from 3 percent a decade ago. The report argues that this large chunk of aid focuses more on the U.S. military interest than the overall goal of development.Read all the articles from this week
