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Firms led by US military veterans deliver aid in Africa and Gaza, alarming humanitarian groups
- Last week's Fogbow air drop delivered 16 tons of corn, beans, and salt over Nasir in South Sudan amid nearby fighting in Upper Nile state.
- South Sudan engaged Fogbow, a U.S. firm led by retired military and intelligence officers, partly because of deep cuts to USAID under the Trump administration.
- Years after gaining independence and enduring a brutal internal conflict that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths, the nation remains unstable, with human rights organizations condemning its corrupt administration and questioning the impartiality of humanitarian aid efforts.
- Fogbow President Michael Mulroy, speaking from Juba, emphasized that the organization coordinates alongside the U.N.’s food assistance agency to ensure their aid deliveries reach civilians.
- Humanitarian leaders warn that involving for-profit military contractors in aid risks politicizing relief and undermining neutrality in conflict zones like South Sudan.
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Aid for hire: For-profit contractors deliver aid in war zones, alarming humanitarian groups
Private companies, operated by military veterans, are being used to deliver aid in war zones including South Sudan and Gaza. Aid groups say it's a militarized, politicized and profit-seeking trend that could allow warring parties to use life-saving aid to control desperate civilian populatio
Firms led by U.S. military veterans deliver aid in Africa and Gaza, alarming humanitarian groups
In Gaza and Africa, U.S. contracting firms led by former American intelligence and military officers are taking on aid delivery in conflict zones. It's a development roiling the global aid community.
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Firms led by US military veterans deliver aid in Africa and Gaza, alarming humanitarian groups
In Gaza and Africa, U.S. contracting firms led by former American intelligence and military officers are taking on aid delivery in conflict zones.
The delegations responsible for migration from the three Extremaduran dioceses, Mérida-Badajoz, Coria-Cáceres and Plasencia, have issued a joint communiqué to express their “pain and indignation at the suffering of the people of Palestine in the Gaza conflict.” They draw attention to this problem, “which concerns the whole Church and humanity”, and affirm that they should not be “indifferent or complicit” with their “silence” in the face of the …
US Veterans Airdrop Aid in South Sudan
A cargo plane roared low over a tributary of the Nile in South Sudan, releasing heavy sacks of food into the air. The drop was executed by Fogbow, a US-based firm founded by retired military and intelligence officers. The mission’s goal is to deliver life-saving aid to civilians displaced by the ongoing conflict in the country. This recent operation, funded by South Sudan’s government, is one of the latest examples of a growing and divisive tren…
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