Trade : US-India bilateral free trade agreement on an unequal framework? (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The United States and India on 13 February signed an agreement in Washington DC for negotiating a bilateral free trade agreement by October this year while targeting $500 billion in two-way trade by 2030, in an apparent ambitious move based on an allegedly unequal framework, said people familiar with the development.

DRC : UN agencies alarmed by rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has expressed alarm over the deteriorating situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where lack of access to displaced people is hampering the delivery of urgently needed aid.

UN : Urgent support needed to address Sudanese refugee needs in CAR (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have warned of an impending shortage of emergency aid to the growing number of Sudanese refugees in Central African Republic (CAR).