now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. few issues are as controversial as abortion when it comes to addressing women s rights. campaigners believe that women s right to control their fertility does not extend to abortion on demand. donald trump has ended funding for organisations that promote orfund funding for organisations that promote or fund abortions. funding for organisations that promote orfund abortions. one funding for organisations that promote or fund abortions. one such organisation is the ippf, the international planned parenthood federation. my guest is the outgoing director general, tewedros melesse, andi director general, tewedros melesse, and i ask if it is right that they should forfeit government funding. tewed ros tewedros melesse, welcome to hardtalk thank you. what is the loss ofa hardtalk thank you. what is the loss of a few us funding means you? one thing is that the us has been the greatest contributor to developmen
of dollars as a result. my guest is the ethiopian born director general, tewedros melesse. does he believe that the ippf‘s support of abortion mean it is right that it should forfeit us government funding? tewedros melesse, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. what does the loss of us funding mean to you? well you know, i take it from two parts. one is that the us has been the greatest contributor to developmental assistance. now, today, the trump is cutting by 17% to 18% all development assistance. and when it comes to sexual productive health and rights, the cut is specific, which is saying that you cannot take our money and with your own money or somebody else money, you cannot conduct abortion. but what does it mean in practice? what is it is there anything that you are doing now that you won t be able to do as a result of the loss of us funding? and i think the figures are your annual budget is about $175 million and the us funding amounts to about $35 million a
with me, zeinab badawi. few issues are as controversial as abortion when it comes to addressing women s rights. pro life campaigners believe that women s right to control their fertility does not extend to abortion on demand. injanuary, president trump blocked us federal funding for organisations that provide or promote abortions. one such organisation is the ippf, the international planned parenthood federation, which will lose millions of dollars as a result. my guest is its ethiopian born director general, tewedros melesse. does he believe that the ippf‘s support of abortion mean it is right that it should forfeit us government funding? tewedros melesse, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. what does the loss of us funding mean to you? well you know, i take it from two parts. one is that the us has been the greatest contributor to developmental assistance. now, today, the trump is cutting by 17% to 18% all development assistance. and when it comes to sexual productive
The Senate has suspended the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Abdul Ningi, for three months following the interview he granted to BBC Hausa in which
Consequent upon his suspension on Tuesday by the Senate, the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Senator Abdul Ningi has resigned from his position.