Samantha Power
USAID chief says she’s haunted by how many people are unable to leave Sudan
The ongoing fighting in Sudan is being described as a civil war, with fears of possible genocide. The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with Administrator Samantha Power, who heads the US Agency for International Development (USAID) about the unrest and humanitarian support to those who need it most.
Diplomats at the UN this week will be greeted by faces of women persecuted around the world
Women face an unequal system around the world. Sometimes that means access to jobs, other times it means a lack of rights as basic as driving a car, or even walking alone in public. The US Mission to the UN is raising the plight of women when diplomats converge on the General Assembly.
A summit of African leaders in Washington tries to move beyond ‘speed dating’
The US is hosting its first-ever summit of leaders from across Africa, but the short timeframe and large number of attendees means that meaningful dialogue might be hard to achieve.The US is hosting its first-ever summit of leaders from across Africa, but the short timeframe and large number of attendees means that meaningful dialogue might be hard to achieve.
Samantha Power has an uneven record on trying to stop genocide around the world
Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations, has written extensively on how the US should respond to humanitarian atrocities. She’s had some success putting that into practice in the Central African Republic — but not so much in Syria.