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Floods force 100,000 out of their homes – and the water in this African city is still rising

WORLD OF TROUBLE: People fleeing the rising waters around Lake Tanganyika in Burundi are fighting for space and humanitarian care with refugees escaping civil war. Donald Trump’s slashing of international aid money has made a dangerous situation even more perilous. World affairs editor Sam Kiley investigates

The Independent UK

How deadly conflict and climate crisis left the ‘food basket of Nigeria’ a humanitarian disaster zone

IN FOCUS: Two million people have been left forced from their homes by conflict between herders and farmers that has seen thousands killed and many more left malnourished, writes Nick Ferris

The Independent UK

Donald Trump accused of deliberately dismantling prosecution of sexual abusers and ‘abandoning survivors’

Allegations aside, it is weird how Trump is always helping criminals.

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Top Democrat accuses Trump of dismantling efforts to prosecute sex crimes

Exclusive: amid demands for transparency around Epstein, president has repeatedly taken side of criminal sex predators, says Jamie Raskin

The Guardian - US

How Mpox revealed an epidemic of untreated HIV in Sierra Leone – as Trump’s aid cuts begin to bite

IN DEPTH: The impact of the US slashing foreign aid on the country’s Mpox response has likely been huge, activists on the ground tell Rachel Schraer

The Independent UK

Wildfires are blazing across Africa – but leaders like Trump are turning away

SPECIAL REPORT: While European countries band together to help tackle devastating fires, Africa is being left on its own, writes Nick Ferris. All despite the fact that blazes in Africa cause far greater damage

The Independent UK

Trump administration destroys $10 million of contraceptives bought by USAID for low-income countries

The Trump administration reportedly had offers to buy the contraceptives at no cost to the U.S. taxpayer, which it did not accept

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Trump’s US aid cuts could cause more than two million extra TB deaths in five years, study warns

America contributed at least 55 per cent of external funding for global TB programmes at the end of 2024, but losing this could result in an extra 10 million cases worldwide

The Independent UK

US supreme court clears way for Trump to withhold $5bn in foreign aid

Trump had stopped foreign aid funds by use of ‘pocket rescission’; aid groups now have until Friday to respond

The Guardian - US

Trump gets big Supreme Court win and is allowed to freeze billions in foreign aid — for now

Government lawyers claimed unfreezing aid poses ‘grave and urgent threat’ to the presidency

The Independent UK

Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize?

Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death

The Guardian - US

‘We wondered what had happened’: how Malawi lost healthcare in US aid cuts

Clinics providing services such as antenatal checkups have begun to disappear in one of the world’s poorest countries

The Guardian - UK

Sen. Andy Kim, former USAID intern, reflects on seismic shifts in U.S. foreign policy - Roll Call

The New Jersey Democrat says he strongly rejects the Trump administration’s argument that foreign aid doesn’t serve U.S. interests.

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Judge blocks Trump’s bid to cut $4bn in US foreign aid

Federal judge says Trump administration cannot refuse to spend funds appropriated by US Congress.

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The Independent UK

Trump’s aid cuts leave countries across Africa running out of crucial contraception

Exclusive: At least three countries are already out of some contraceptive methods – with more set to follow suit – leaving women vulnerable to high risk pregnancies and unsafe abortions, writes Rachel Schraer

The Independent UK

‘We’re going to lose so many girls’: The deadly impact of Trump slashing aid for contraception

ON THE GROUND : The US president has slashed nearly $600m in funding for contraceptives and the impact of the cuts could be deadly for tens of thousands of women, reports chief international correspondent Bel Trew from Uganda and Zimbabwe

The Guardian - US

Protesters demand release of HIV funds ‘illegally’ withheld by Trump

People take to streets against Trump administration plans to rescind funding for life-saving international programs

The Conversation

What chaos at the US CDC could mean for the rest of the world

Ever since Robert F Kennedy (RFK) Jr was appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been under pressure to abandon its traditional evidence-based approach to public health in America and across the world.

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The Independent UK

In Boko Haram's birthplace, USAID's collapse threatens a school for victims of extremism

The disappearance of U.S. aid in Nigeria’s northeast has threatened a school that supports children who are victims of Boko Haram extremists

The Independent UK

Trump team debates ending federal employees’ fundraising arm that has given $9 billion to charities

Combined Federal Campaign allows federal employees to donate a portion of their paycheck to charitable organizations

International Business Times

Trump Moves To Cut More Foreign Aid, Risking Shutdown

US President Donald Trump has moved to cut nearly $5 billion of congressionally-approved foreign aid, the White House said Friday -- raising the likelihood of a federal shutdown as Democrats oppose the policy.

The Independent UK

‘Secretary of Everything’ Marco Rubio hands control of what’s left of USAID to Project 2025 co-author

Members of Congress blast Russell Vought for trying to claw back $5 billion from embattled foreign aid agency

Latin Times

Marco Rubio Ditches One of His Four Jobs in the Trump Administration Ahead to his Trip To Mexico

The current Secretary of State handed over the responsibility of USAID to Russel Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The Guardian - US

I’m an ex-USAID worker, and my family supports Trump. Here’s how I find hope

This year, I’ve lost my father, my job and what feels like my country. But my mother and I are finding genuine connection

The Independent UK

USAID is holding a fire sale to get rid of all the equipment it planned to use on the 5,000-plus projects Trump canceled

Millions of dollars in equipment has been sold, redistributed, abandoned, or lost after Trump administration guts foreign aid agency

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