The Standard Group Plc is a
multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper
print operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key
influence in matters of national and international interest.
Iraqi men unload humanitarian aid supplies provided by the US development agency USAID to displaced Iraqis who have fled clashes between Islamic State group jihadists and Peshmerga fighters, on October 2, 2014. [AFP]
The US government's giant humanitarian agency USAID on Tuesday announced it was placing its staff in the United States and around the world on administrative leave as it moved to recall employees from overseas postings.
The agency said in a statement on its website -- which reappeared Tuesday after going dark over the weekend -- that the staff leave will begin shortly before midnight on February 7.
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