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U.K. Government Details Plan for Dramatic Aid Cuts to African Nations
The annual report says aid to Africa will fall 52%, with Malawi’s bilateral support dropping from £50.2 million to £5 million by 2028-29.
- On Thursday, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office released its annual report confirming UK bilateral aid to Malawi will be slashed by 90% by 2028-29, falling from £50,245,000 to £5m.
- The British Government justified the reductions in its Modern Development Approach policy paper, prioritizing increased defence spending and shifting future assistance to targeted partnerships and multilateral institutions.
- Malawi faces steeper cuts than the wider region; bilateral aid to Africa overall is expected to fall from £1.4bn to £693m by 2028-29, representing a 52% decline.
- Oxfam Scotland advocacy adviser Katherine May described the policy as a "sledgehammer," while First Minister John Swinney pledged to increase the Scottish Government's International Development Fund by 25%.
- Nine African countries face losses exceeding 80% of direct British assistance by 2029, leaving vulnerable communities in Kenya, Rwanda, and Zambia more exposed to hunger and climate-related disasters.
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The British government is planning to cut direct development aid to some African countries by up to 90% over the next three years, according to a new annual report by the British Foreign Office. According to information from the British aid organization Bond, the British government's contributions to Mozambique and Malawi will be cut by 90% by 2029. Donations to Rwanda and Sierra Leone will be reduced by 80% and to Somalia by 49%. Last year, the…
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