12 h. ago Hondurans vote amid Trump threat to cut aid if his preferred candidate loses

US president favours Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura of rightwing National party, as polls show three candidates are neck-and-neckHondurans have begun voting in an election held amid threats by Donald Trump to cut aid to the country if his preferred candidate loses.Honduras could be the next country in Latin America, after Argentina and Bolivia, to swing right after years of leftwing rule. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Trump aid cuts could push next Ebola outbreak to spiral out of control, former US official warns

A countdown is on to declaring the end of a current Ebola outbreak, but former Biden official Jeremy Konyndyk warns that we might not be so lucky again if US cuts to aid continue to bite

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2 d. ago A visit to Somalia's crumbling hospitals shows the toll of aid cuts and war

Somalia is one of the world’s poorest countries and it faces a crisis of health care made worse by the Trump administration's deep cuts in foreign aid

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5 d. ago The village enduring climate catastrophe as Trump’s aid cuts bite

Nick Ferris visits families forced from their home due to flooding in Ethiopia’s northern Afar region – who say they have been largely deserted by humanitarian organisations as aid cuts have taken hold this year

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8 d. ago Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack now more than 300. Here’s what you need to know

The Trump administration's deep cuts in foreign aid to Nigeria this year haven't helped the situation

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1 week ago How US evangelicals are using Trump’s aid cuts to attack human rights in Africa

As Donald Trump's aid cuts leave African health programmes scrambling, The Independent pieces together events at a number of conferences where American religious organisations are looking to move in to shape the future. Rachel Schraer reports

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1 week ago Inside the US evangelical push into Africa in vacuum left by Trump’s aid cuts – as activists fear for human rights

As Donald Trump's aid cuts leave African health programmes scrambling, The Independent pieces together events at a number of conferences where American religious organisations are looking to move in to shape the future. Rachel Schraer reports

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2 w. ago Poorer nations call on rich countries to open their wallets at Cop30: ‘Clean up the mess you are making’

After a year of aid cuts from the US, UK and around Europe, Nick Ferris speaks to African nations about the help they desperately need to fight the climate crisis. But there are few signs that richer countries are willing to step up

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2 w. ago African HIV services face double blow of cuts from both Trump and UK

Britain has significantly slashed its contribution to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – compounding aid cuts announced by Donald Trump earlier this year

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2 w. ago David Squires on Fifa’s peace prize and Donald Trump’s eligibility

Our cartoonist on how the US president’s actions in office may have put him in line for an awardBuy a Squires cartoon in our Print ShopDavid’s latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

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3 w. ago When Trump’s aid cuts robbed them of HIV drugs, these people died. Now the UK is poised to slash funding further

Special Report: Three people have died at just one community centre on the outskirts of Senegal’s capital, Dakar, following US aid cuts to HIV care. Rachel Schraer meets the women fighting to stop more deaths

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3 w. ago Rape survivors blocked from treatment as aid cuts make Africa’s unsafe abortion crisis worse, researchers warn

Funding cuts are set to block more women and girls from getting lifesaving healthcare and post-rape support, researcher Dr Jonna Both tells The Independent

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