Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent’s ...

Lawmakers in South Africa have laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax ...

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest ...

U.S.A.I.D. The United States spent decades responding to conflicts and disease in Africa. The continent is now expected to be the hardest hit by the Trump administration’s aid cuts. The United ...

The international aid system was established after World War II to rebuild and reconstruct parts of Europe and Asia; it was never intended to develop Africa or other parts of the colonized world.

Thus argued Nana Akufo-Addo, then the president of Ghana, when he launched his “Ghana beyond aid” policy in 2017. Eight years later the west African country may indeed move beyond aid—just ...

Africa won’t be a priority for the remaining aid. In 2023, Africa received US$59.7 billion in ODA, representing 26.8% of all aid that year. The US cuts are significant because the country provides ...

NPR's Michel Martin talks about the consequences of deep cuts to foreign aid programs with three aid workers in Africa, where about a quarter of USAID funds were allocated.

Africa won't be a priority for the remaining aid. In 2023, Africa received US$59.7 billion in ODA, representing 26.8% of all aid that year. The US cuts are significant because the country provides ...

Lawmakers in South Africa have laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax by 0.5%, a move that will raise the cost of living JOHANNESBURG ...

The United States' decision to ax nearly all aid to South Africa has sparked concerns about funding gaps in critical areas, such as HIV/AIDS treatment. "What is going on in the world is even going ...