EU halts millions in budget support to Sierra Leone over fugitive Dutch drug lord
The Netherlands hopes a further €20.5 million in 2027 can also be blocked; talks among member states on that sum are still open.
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France threatens aid cuts to African states over Mayotte migration
The countries concerned are the Comoros, Burundi, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Somalia and Kenya.
Washington hands record health aid package to faith-based groups
The single American award comes close to matching the entire humanitarian budget the European Commission has set aside for this year.
France gives €65 million for urban mobility in Cameroon while its own buildings tumble
France's development agency is coming under fire for providing €65 million to finance an urban mobility programme in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé, at a time when…
Germany to end aid to Rwanda amid DRC conflict while EC continues raw materials deal
Germany has decided to stop new development aid to Rwanda because of the African nation's role in the conflict in the neighbouring country, the Democratic Republic…
With war on the horizon, the West’s foreign-aid extravaganza must be reined in
It is no coincidence that Claire Underwood, the lethal power-woman in House of Cards, starts the US TV show as the CEO of Clean Water Initiative, a global development…
Sweden to make aid conditional, ‘not a human right’
Sweden’s minority Government, supported by the Sweden Democrats (SD), is coupling their foreign aid programmes to the willingness of countries to readmit their…