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Samantha Power

USAID Administrator Samantha Power is interviewed by the AP at USAID Headquarters in Washington, Aug. 4, 2022.

USAID chief says she’s haunted by how many people are unable to leave Sudan

Conflict

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.

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Pandemic security must be ‘top line concern’ says former Amb. Power

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A man is shown sitting and bent over while pulling his hood over his head and another man sitting next to him pointing.

High-profile Syrian war crimes trial opens; Countries debate rescue packages, billionaires ask for bailouts; Missouri sues China over economic coronavirus losses

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Samantha Power sitting The World's studio for a radio interview.

Former Amb Samantha Power stresses ‘political evolution, rather than revolution’

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A Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter points towards blue sheets spread over streets as a cover from snipers as he walks on the rubble of damaged buildings in Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, August 7, 2016.

Both sides brace for a crucial battle over Syria’s Aleppo

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Alexis Sinduhije, Samantha Power and Bryan Rich at the Committee to Protect Journalists awards in 2004

Burundi exile to US’s Samantha Power: ‘You shake the hand of the killers’

Conflict

He used to be friends with Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations. But now a former Burundian journalist is sanctioned by Washington for advocating violence.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, and Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza speak to the press in Gitega, Burundi.

US Ambassador Samantha Power: ‘The match could be laid’ to ignite Burundi conflict

Conflict

Burundi’s leader seems hellbent on dragging his country into more ethnic violence.

Samantha Power at the UN

Diplomats at the UN this week will be greeted by faces of women persecuted around the world

Conflict

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.

Representatives from various African nations gather at the opening session at the AGOA Forum during the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington August 4, 2014.

A summit of African leaders in Washington tries to move beyond ‘speed dating’

Global Politics

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

Conflict & Justice

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.