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For decades, the global development script has been predictable: African countries face a crisis, and aid flows from the West ...
A global storm is gathering – and Africa is directly in its path. Under President Donald Trump, the US has frozen $40bn in ...
For the past several months, foreign aid has been in freefall. The massive cuts by the U.S., the world’s largest donor country, provided a new cover for even more announcements of aid budget cuts, ...
Kenya is poised for a significant boost in healthcare funding after a coalition of international philanthropists, including ...
There were widespread howls of alarm & outrage from all over Africa when the news broke in Washington that foreign aid was ...
Foreign aid spending by 24 countries, including the US, UK and European Union, fell by more than $15bn last year – before the impact of huge cuts by Donald Trump have taken effect. Nick Ferris reports ...
Devex spoke with development and private sector experts on the African continent who shared perspectives on what was wrong ...
In a recent op-ed, Seleman Yusuph Kitenge argued for an “Africa First” policy to emphasize domestic resource mobilization, ...
The world’s largest donors provided 7.1% less aid in 2024 than they did one year prior; more foreign aid cuts in the United ...
Britain is looking into knocking hundreds of millions of pounds off its contributions to the IDA. Read more at ...
European donor countries are also drastically cutting their foreign-aid commitments, signaling a broader shift in priorities. The devastating effects are already being felt across Africa ...