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Let US aid cuts push Africa to self-sufficiency

People protest against US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's plan to shutdown USAID outside the US Capitol on February 5, 2025. [AFP]

The international aid environment is changing. While at the moment the focus is on American aid cuts, the fact is that all major donors are cutting back their assistance to developing countries.

Projects from healthcare to education, to agriculture, to social protection will be impacted. And even more importantly, critical logistical, research, and disease surveillance systems will be degraded.

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