• 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.…

• Sudan is accusing Kenyan government of violating the principles of good neighbourliness by hosting US-sanctioned Rapid Support Forces (RSF) meeting.
• Nairobi now stands accused of endorsing continued perpetration of genocide, massacre civilians on an ethnic basis, attack on IDP camps, and acts of rape by RSF.
• Khartoum is also accusing authorities in Kenya of encouraging the division of African countries.

The simmering tensions between Kenya and Sudan have taken a dramatic twist after Nairobi allowed a key event for the political group aligned with sanctioned Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to proceed on Tuesday. US-sanctioned RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army for the control of the country for over a year now.

On Tuesday, authorities in Nairobi gave the greenlight for a key meeting by RSF leadership to proceed at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre. This event was a precursor towards the establishment of a new political group drawing together …

• Looters have wiped out with an estimated 7,000 tonnes of critical humanitarian food supplies in Bukavu City.
• Bukavu, the second largest city in DRC fell to Rwanda-backed M23 rebels at the weekend just weeks after the militia took over Goma in the escalating conflict that worsened in January.
• According to aid organizations, the war in eastern DRC has caused a shortage of humanitarian routes and is now threatening the smooth delivery of essential services in the mineral-rich region.

Food aid in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) took a devastating hit over the weekend, with 7,000 tonnes lost to looting, further deepening the crisis as M23 rebels escalate their attacks. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the looting of thousands of tonnes of relief supplies in the city of Bukavu in the eastern DRC after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels swept in at the weekend, reportedly meeting …