Democratic senator defends USAID allegedly funding Sesame Street show in Iraq for teaching 'values'
Del., defended reports that U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) helped to fund a $20 million children’s program ...
'Sesame Street in Iraq': USAID's 'wasteful and dangerous' spending exposed by senator
Iowa, published a list of USAID funding projects over the years, including pottery classes in Morocco and a version of ...
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Iraq passes new ‘morality’ law criminalising LGBTQ+ relationships and making it illegal to be trans
The new law comes in the wake of outbreaks of violence in Iraq against the LGBTQ+ community. In February a trans blogger, known as “Simsim”, was reportedly killed in the Al-Qadisiyah ...
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Defunct US aid agency spent $20mn on Iraqi Sesame Street project
By bnm Gulf bureau A US senator has criticised the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for spending $20mn on an Iraqi version of Sesame Street, among other projects she ...