ZAINAB USMAN is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in ...

Every dollar invested in humanitarian aid and development creates long-term benefits and a more secure and stable world.

aid represents 60 per cent of overall foreign investment. “So if we see bilateral aid to Sub-Saharan Africa fall, even if only 2 per cent in real terms, this really matters, and especially so if ...

In 2024, nearly a third of the $41bn in US foreign aid went to Africa, helping support various sectors from healthcare to education and sanitation. But as aid organisations sound alarm bells and ...

A global storm is gathering – and Africa is directly in its path. Under President Donald Trump, the US has frozen $40bn in USAID funding, slashing 83% of grants. European donor countries are also ...

African countries face a crisis, and aid flows from the West to respond. But today, the funding is drying up—and with it, the illusion that this model was ever sustainable. As U.S. foreign ...