Echoing the dismantling of USAID, other countries are changing funding priorities and health and hunger programmes in Africa will lose out

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.ca/post/57314517

In December, Sweden announced a 10bn kronor (£800m) cut in development funding to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Liberia, Tanzania and Bolivia. Germany’s humanitarian budget of €1.05bn (£920m) for 2026 will be less than half of last year’s, with spending refocused on areas deemed a priority to Europe.

The UK also announced earlier this year that it would be cutting aid to fund defence spending. Norway has increased its civilian support to Ukraine by 2.5bn kroner (£185m), to a quarter of its aid budget, but has been accused of making Africa pay for that rise with a 355m kroner cut (£26m).

France’s budget for 2026 will also see a €700m cut to aid spending, with a 60% reduction in food aid, while increasing defence spending by €6.7bn.

  • Lembot_0006Banned from communityEnglish
    58·
    7 days ago

    Obviously Ukraine is more important to Europe than Africa. Africa should wait (they can also stop supplying Russia with soldiers)

    • Goldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      16·
      7 days ago

      So blackmailing. Yeaaah that surely helps a nation to be seen as a good choice to support and develope.

      Next to ofc a possible coup in that african nation by the military