News from 2023


Bangladesh Sustainable Energy Project Fact Sheet

Bangladesh's flagship clean energy project – Bangladesh Advancing Development and Growth through Energy (BADGE)


USAID Tanzania Activity Briefer January 2023

For six decades the United States has partnered with the people of Tanzania to advance shared development objectives.


US-Europe Energy Bridge Factsheet

Europe Energy Bridge improves European energy security by connecting partners in the region to American investors, technology, and expertise.


Afya Shirikishi (“Participatory Health”)

Afya Shirikishi (“Participatory Health”) is a five-year activity which aims to improve access to Tuberculosis (TB) and family planning (FP) services in nine regions of Tanzania.


Citizens Against Corruption

Corruption in North Macedonia continues to erode trust in institutions, weakens accountability and transparency, obstructs economic growth, and contributes to political fragilityand instability.


USAID Climate Strategy Progress Update

In the first year of USAID’s Climate Strategy (2022–2030), the Agency has advanced its implementation through direct actions and new initiatives to tackle the climate crisis.


USAID Response to COVID-19 in Tanzania

The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided nearly $44 million to help Tanzania respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Business Support Organizations Champions

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in North Macedonia are the economy’s backbone and a major engine of growth and employment.


Strengthening Transparency and Accountability through Investigative Reporting

Persistent crime and corruption in Europe and Eurasia have significantly hampered the region’s economic development and democratic transition.


Jifunze Uelewe ("Learn and Understand")

Jifunze Uelewe ("Learn and Understand") is a four-year activity which aims to sustain improvement of literacy and numeracy for all learners in pre-primary and primary education.


Feed the Future Tanzania SERA BORA

SERA BORA (Better Policy in English) activity works to accelerate Tanzania’s adoption of more effective policies and programs in order to drive growth of the agricultural sector, improve household food security and nutrition, and reduce poverty.


PIATA (Partnership for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa)

Despite strengthened and expanded up-stream supply of seeds, challenges remain.


Assistant Secretary Noyes Travels to Arizona

Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes will travel to Arizona April 19-20.


Assistant Secretary Noyes Travels to Chile and Costa Rica

Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes will travel to Chile on April 24 – 25 and Costa Rica on April 26 – 27.


Senior Official for Global Women’s Issues Fotovat Travels to the United Kingdom

Senior Official to the Secretary of State in the Office of Global Women’s Issues Katrina Fotovat will visit Belfast from April 16–19.


Under Secretary Zeya’s Remarks at an Interfaith Iftar in Bratislava Slovakia

Dobrý večer. Ambassador Rana, Chair Hasna, Deputy Speaker Grendell, Mayor Vallo, excellencies, and dear guests, thank you for inviting me to this interfaith Iftar.


On the Sentencing of Human Rights Defenders Xu and Ding

The United States condemns the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) unjust detention and sentencing of human rights defenders Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability

Good afternoon, everyone. So I have been long been looking forward to returning to Vietnam and making my first visit here as Secretary of State. I was here as deputy secretary in 2015 and 2016,



Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Lu’s Travel to the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan

Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will travel to the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan on April 22-27.