• UN requires G7 countries to commit 0.7% of their Gross National Income to development aid.
• However, the US is the largest donor of international aid according to the UN.
• Statistics from One Campaign show that the G7 and the EU Institutions’ share of aid to Africa is at a near 50-year low.

The cuts to international aid by U.S. President Donald Trump (and billionaire Elon Musk) have sparked global outrage, including in Africa. However, given that the United Nations recognizes Washington as the single largest donor of global aid, can we definitively say Trump (or Musk) is wrong?

Consider this: according to the UN, the U.S. accounted for over 40 per cent of all humanitarian aid tracked in 2024. This means nearly half of last year’s global aid came from American taxpayers—a level of generosity that’s hard to ignore.

But was this a one-time display of goodwill? The numbers …

• As more countries choose gold over dollar for national reserve, Tanzania is requiring all miners to remit 20% of their gold output.
• This is part of Tanzania’s shift from U.S. dollar reserves system to the precious mineral since creating it’s national gold reserve last year. 
• Across the continent, Kibali, a gold mine in the DRC remains the largest gold producer in Africa.

Gold is dominating international markets, with soaring demand set to reshape Africa’s gold mining industry. As more countries shift toward trading in local currencies, gold is emerging as a strong contender against the U.S. dollar as the preferred store of value. This raises a critical question—why aren’t African economies, rich in gold, building up their own gold reserves?

Take for instance, the case of Tanzania, a country that ranks between third and fourth largest gold producers in Africa, this wealth of one of the most valuable minerals does …

• International aid and loans to Africa are based on a false (mathematical) statement; Africa needs development aid – False.
• Net financial flows to African countries dropped 18% (2020/22) -True.
• Africa paying more to service debts than development aid it recieves – True.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s aid cuts will fatally affect developing countries where millions of people rely on the aid for their livelihoods at a time when huge debt servicing costs pose even worse effect on their lives. “Analysis also finds growing debt service payments are rapidly outpacing aid and investments in all developing countries,” reveals a One Campaign report.

Titled, ‘Net finance flows to developing countries turned negative in 2023’ the report warns that; “Developing country debt levels have more than doubled since 2009, and the cost of servicing that debt has skyrocketed.” According to the report; “African countries are projected to spend $81 billion on debt …

• Trump’s escalating aid cuts are crippling global humanitarian efforts, with the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) now forced to shut its southern Africa office.
• The closure threatens food assistance for millions, as WFP has been leading the response to the region’s worst drought in 40 years.
• With USAID slashing 90% of foreign aid contracts and WFP facing a 40% budget cut, 26 million people across seven countries are at risk of severe hunger.

The escalating U.S. aid cuts under President Donald Trump are impacting millions worldwide, exposing the extent to which American taxpayers have been funding global aid. This raises a critical question: Is Trump’s decision justified?

His administration’s aggressive push to reduce foreign aid—led by the so-called Department of Efficiency in Government—continues to disrupt operations of major international organizations, with the latest casualty being the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP).

Currently, WFP provides food assistance to over 150 million …

• The UK has ramped up pressure on Rwanda over the DRC conflict by suspending aid, limiting trade, and reviewing military cooperation, signaling a major shift in diplomatic relations.
• In response, Rwanda has condemned the measures as biased and insists on security guarantees while reaffirming its commitment to an African-led mediation process.
• As tensions rise, the UK’s firm stance could either push Rwanda towards peace talks or deepen regional instability.

The United Kingdom has escalated diplomatic pressure on Rwanda in response to the intensifying conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a decisive move, the UK government announced a series of punitive measures targeting Kigali, including suspending financial aid, limiting trade promotion, and reviewing military cooperation with the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF).

This move signals a significant shift in UK-Rwanda relations, tightening the noose on President Paul Kagame’s administration amid growing international scrutiny.

On Wednesday, the UK Foreign, …

• Over 6.7 million people out of which 40 per cent are children, have been displaced across conflict-affected provinces in DRC.
• UN warns children are facing summary executions, sexual violence and abduction and recruitment by the warring factions.
• 45 children, who were cared for in a day transit centre in Goma to have been killed, UN reports.

An increasing number of children in the war ton Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing summary executions, sexual violence amid increasing abduction and recruitment by the factions involved in the escalating conflict.

In an update Thursday by the UN Child Rights Committee, children in violence saddled zones of North and South Kivu to the East of the vast country are coming face to face with grave catastrophe.

The UN agency warned that increasingly, armed groups are targeting displaced children and those left helpless in the streets that have been run over by militias.…