Feb 26 – Democratic Republic of Congo and the United States have agreed a $1.2 billion strategic health partnership, the two governments said in a joint statement on Thursday. The partnership covers the period of 2026-2031, the statement said. It includes $900 million in targeted U.S. government assistance and $300 million in “progressively increased domestic … [Read more…]
The cuts in US foreign aid have probably caused hundreds of thousands of people to die. My colleagues Justin Sandefur and Charles Kenny estimated between 500,000 and 1,000,000 in 2025 alone. But so far these estimates have been projections based on logic and historical patterns. Real-time data on what is actually going on has been … [Read more…]
Chrystina Russell flew from Burundi to tell us what nonprofit leaders need to hear right now: how Village Health Works absorbed a $1.4 million USAID funding gap — and didn’t blink. MORE
The State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests,” according to an internal email. A year after the Trump administration began the dismantlement of USAID, it is initiating a new round of significant cuts to foreign assistance. This time, programs that survived … [Read more…]
Leaked draft of $1bn memorandum of understanding reveals mandatory targets, sharing of data, and reported access to mining concessions. The US has been accused of “shameless exploitation” over a health financing agreement with Zambia worth more than $1bn (£740m), amid warnings that the country is getting a raw deal from the Trump administration. A leaked … [Read more…]
FROM USAID February 18, 2026 Dear USAID Contractor/Recipient, The Agency’s Chief Acquisition Officer (CAO) has approved a class deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), revising the audit threshold applicable to termination settlement proposals (TSPs) for certain contracts terminated in response to Executive Order 14169, Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid or Executive Order … [Read more…]
Join ProPublica journalists for a conversation about the dismantling of U.S. foreign aid worldwide. Feb 114:00pm 5:00pm EST Virtual RSVP Within months of taking office, Trump officials eradicated the world’s largest humanitarian agency, slashing thousands of lifesaving programs and putting millions of lives at risk. While many news organizations covered these developments, no one reported on the … [Read more…]
A federal judge has nixed a request by the Trump administration to stay discovery in, and quickly move forward with, an ongoing lawsuit over cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In the underlying litigation, over two dozen pseudonymous current and former employees or contractors with USAID sued Elon Musk, arguing his then-position … [Read more…]
One year ago, the Trump administration in the United States of America (US) issued a series of executive actions that upended global health and humanitarian programmes around the world, and severely damaged global cooperation and solidarity on these issues. Clinics shut their doors. Lifesaving medicines were stranded at ports. Health workers lost their jobs. The … [Read more…]
Email sent to diplomats by state department office’s new boss is labelled ‘racist’ after dismissing Africa as a priority US diplomats have been encouraged to “unabashedly and aggressively” remind African governments about the “generosity” of the American people, according to a leaked email sent to staff in the US state department’s Bureau of African Affairs … [Read more…]