The freezing of funds from USAID has sent shock waves through the southern African country of Malawi, one of the world’s most aid-dependent states.
The US government was giving more than $350m to Malawi annually, according to the US Department of State, equivalent to more than 13% of the African country’s 2024-25 budget.
More than half of healthcare spending in Malawi comes from foreign donors. Since 2003, the US has put more than $2.1bn into fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB. Between 2019 and 2023, foreign donations accounted for 11% of the education budget and 80% of spending on capital projects such as schools and classrooms, according to UNICEF. USAID accounted for a quarter of this.
Read the full story at The Guardian.
Source : The Guardian
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