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As countries dramatically cut foreign aid spending, The Independent has launched a new project to investigate the impact on the developing world. We will report on the repercussions for maternal health and the climate crisis and interrogate what the future holds. The project receives funding from the Gates Foundation. All of the journalism is editorially independent.

<p>Donald Trump has slashed foreign aid from the US</p>

Aids cuts will help drive ‘lost decade’ for progress across the globe, UN warns

‘We are more than blood diamonds and Ebola’: Sierra Leone seeks investment in a post-aid world

<p>Internally displaced people in Baidoa, South West State, Somalia</p>

Real risk of famine in Somalia due to aid cuts: ‘We don’t know where support will come from’

<p>Malaria kills roughly 600,000 people a year, with the vast majority being children under five</p>

Cuts to world’s biggest malaria fund risk lives of 750,000 children

Documentaries

Sam Kiley

Washed Away: A city under siege and a country in climate chaos

Bel Trew

Mission Aborted: Trump’s War on Maternal Care

Bel Trew

Death Sentence: The real cost of Trump’s aid cuts on HIV

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<p>Donald Trump</p>

CommentVoices

There’s one very good reason Trump should never win a Nobel prize

<p>A screen grab showing AI-generated images created by users on a stock photo site</p>

CommentVoices

Why AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images need to be stopped

<p>Schoolchildren and activists take part in a Strike for Climate march</p>

climate

Paris Agreement working too slowly to stop dangerous global heat

<p>Women mourn during the funeral of victims killed the previous day by Israeli bombardment at Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza</p>

UK and allies ‘failing women’ as military spending sparks aid cuts

<p>An estimated 46,000 waste pickers come to sites like Dandora in Nairobi every day, where they typically spend 12 hours per day looking for things to sell</p>

On the groundClimate

How climate crisis is creating hellish conditions for waste pickers at Nairobi dump declared ‘full’ 24 years ago

<p>Nepalese residents walk through rain past a destroyed house in Chautara in north-eastern Nepal</p>

Climate

Aid to prevent disasters ‘five times more cost-effective’ than help after they strike

<p>Children flee recent floods in Kenya. Events such as this are becoming more common as the Earth’s climate warms - but developing countries are struggling to access financing to adapt</p>

Countries facing climate disaster warn of dire impact of aid cuts

<p>Palestinians gather to receive cooked meals from a food distribution center in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza</p>

Gaza and Sudan show why detecting famine cannot just be left to AI

<p>A malaria vaccine in Kenya</p>

Plea for UK not to cut aid funding to fight biggest killer infections

<p>The aftermath of Cyclone Freddy in Malawi in 2023. It is one of the countries most affected</p>

Poor nations pay more on debt interest than they get for climate aid

<p>The Conservative Party’s plans would leave a vacuum in poorer countries that Britain has previously supported</p>

The Tories are making a fatal mistake in trying to cut UK aid further

<p>Kawangare in Nairobi – where residents described the impacts of intensifying extreme weather caused by climate change</p>

Kenya’s slum-dwellers struggling to survive on the climate frontline

<p>Cuts to the international aid could lead to more people risking their lives to get to the UK in small boats</p>

The Tories’ bid to slash foreign aid won’t make Britain safer

Premium

<p>Tory leader Kemi Badenoch (Jonathan Bradt/PA)</p>

Ed Miliband: Ditching the climate change act would be bad for Britain

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<p>Dinah, 27, who lives with her brother and five children, has described how the food crisis in Turkana has devastated her family</p>

One third of children in parts of Kenya suffering severe lack of food

<p>Teresiah and Francis told<em>The Independent</em> that as climate change has disrupted weather patterns, they have experienced respiratory and joint problems after spending all day outside picking tea</p>

Tea farmers struggle to pay bills as climate crisis impacts crop sizes

<p>Rohingya refugee children carry banners during a visit by UN secretary general António Guterres at the Ukhiya camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on 14 March 2025</p>

UK pledges £27m in new aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

<p>Baroness Manningham-Buller was speaking to the Lord Speaker the Rt Hon the Lord McFall of Alcluith (Chris Jackson/PA)</p>

Former MI5 boss warns aid cuts risk UK influence on world stage

<p>Young people at an HIV conference in Kenya</p>

Trump’s aid cuts bring fresh hate for young people with HIV in Kenya

<p>A two per cent surcharge on tobacco and alcohol generated an additional $131 million (£98m) per year between 2001 and 2021 in Thailand – which was then used to directly fund health promotion and research</p>

Taxes on alcohol and smoking can help countries facing severe aid cuts

<p>HIV Prevention</p>

Landmark deals for cheaper ‘pandemic-ending’ HIV jab hailed

<p>Many women have benefited from the maternity clinic's life-saving services</p>

Inside the life-saving maternity ward at risk from Trump’s aid cuts

<p>Climate change-driven extreme weather is a constant preoccupation for Nancy Githaiga who has a tea farm near Kenya’s Aberdare National Park</p>

Storm in your teacup: How climate crisis threatens Kenya’s tea trade

<p>Motorists drive along a flooded road following Typhoon Ragasa, in Pampanga province, Philippines</p>

Aid cuts leave the Philippines exposed to cyclones like Typhoon Ragasa

<p> Health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, DRC</p>

The nation where aid cuts are colliding with a deadly Ebola outbreak

<p>Dairy cattle in Kenya</p>

Development banks ‘fund industrial livestock despite climate promises’

<p>Motorists drive along a flooded road following Typhoon Ragasa, in Pampanga province, Philippines</p>

Aid cuts leave the Philippines exposed to cyclones like Typhoon Ragasa

<p> Health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, DRC</p>

The nation where aid cuts are colliding with a deadly Ebola outbreak

<p>Dairy cattle in Kenya</p>

Development banks ‘fund industrial livestock despite climate promises’

<p>A malnourished child receives treatment in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria</p>

Poor climate crisis warnings put countries at risk of acute hunger

<p>Three men rest in the shade of a makeshift coffee place in Guyah, in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia's Afar region. In the heart of the Horn of Africa, the Danakil Depression is one of the hottest, most inhospitable place on earth, with temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius</p>

African countries push for radical change to tackle climate crisis

<p>African leaders gather at the summit in Addis Ababa</p>

Africa’s climate summit is fighting against Trump’s fossil fuel agenda

<p>David Miliband, the president of the International Rescue Committee, says international aid is under siege like never before</p>

In our new global order we must focus on aid, not just development

<p>Residents close to Lake Tanganyika have lost their homes to rising water levels</p>

Floods force 100,000 from their homes – and the water is still rising

<p>A patient suffering from Mpox</p>

How Mpox revealed an epidemic of untreated HIV in Sierra Leone

<p>David Miliband, the president of the International Rescue Committee, says international aid is under siege like never before</p>

In our new global order we must focus on aid, not just development

<p>Residents close to Lake Tanganyika have lost their homes to rising water levels</p>

Floods force 100,000 from their homes – and the water is still rising

<p>A patient suffering from Mpox</p>

How Mpox revealed an epidemic of untreated HIV in Sierra Leone

<p>Jacob, Red Cross volunteer and the Chairman of the Agagbe IDP camp, Jacob’s wife is Agathe, his daughter (4) is Gloria and his son (1) is Kumator, Gwer West, Benue State, Nigeria.</p>

How conflict and climate crisis left Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ reeling

<p>In 2024, some 7.3 per cent of Africa’s landmass was burnt, compared to just 0.6 per cent in both Europe and the US</p>

Wildfires are blazing across Africa – but leaders like Trump turn away

<p>A small boat crossing the Channel</p>

It is deluded to slash aid without expecting more boats to arrive

<p>Roughly $10 million in contraceptives destined for low-income countries has been destroyed. They were part of the Trump administration’s efforts to close USAID.</p>

Trump administration destroys $10M of contraceptives bought by USAID

<p>A mother and child wait as medical interns register details of the child before receiving a malaria vaccine in Uganda</p>

Cutting aid funding now could bring a dangerous resurgence in malaria

<p>A Vietnamese doctor checks a tuberculosis patient</p>

Trump’s US aid cuts could cause 2 million extra TB deaths in 5 years

<p>Families displaced by the conflict in Sudan</p>

Global health fund battles Trump aid cuts by giving to poorest nations

<p>Urgent requests for more climate finance at the Africa Climate Summit have come against a backdrop of rich countries gutting overseas aid programmes</p>

Aid cuts cast long shadow over key Africa climate talks

<p>People wait outside a food distribution site in Maban, South Sudan</p>

A post-aid world needs to be built on transformational tax policies

<p>Annette a teen mother and rape survivor says that contraceptive support and family planning changed her life</p>

‘We’re going to lose so many girls’: Trump’s war on contraception

<p>Trump’s aid cuts are leading to shortages of contraception</p>

Trump’s aid cuts leave 16 countries running out of key contraception

<p>The staff at this HIV/AIDS clinic in Jinja, Uganda</p>

Trump aid cuts ‘help fuel rising anti-LGBT+ violence in Africa’

<p>Dahaboo, 38 stands for a portrait with her baby Aaden, one, at a nutrition centre in Baidoa, Somalia. Nutrition centres such as this are under threat across Africa due to aid cuts</p>

Countries to ‘run out of supplies to fight malnutrition’ over aid cuts

<p>Inside the medical stockroom of Migosi Sub-county Hospital, boxes of antiretroviral drugs labeled ‘USAID’ line the shelves, remnants of the last donation before funding cuts on April 24, 2025 in Kisumu, Kenya.</p>

USAID holding fire sales to ditch gear from 5,000 projects Trump axed

<p>While the prime minister has excelled in some areas of foreign policy, he has a less than impressive record when it comes to aid</p>

How long can Starmer get away with his delusional foreign aid policy?

<p>Australia gives 0.19 per cent of its national income as aid</p>

Australians now ‘more open’ to overseas aid

<p>President Duma Boko took office in November</p>

Botswana declares public health emergency as Trump’s aid cuts hit

<p>Tens of thousands of Rohingya have been forced from their homes in Myanmar to find refuge in Bangladesh</p>

Rohingya refugees face uncertain future 8 years after fleeing Myanmar

<p>Youtubers Mr Beast and Ben Azelart - key figures driving the influencer-led #TeamWater campaign - during a visit to Dyetse Village, Malawi where a new well point has been installed to provide clean drinking water to the community</p>

Influencers like MrBeast can ‘help plug funding gap left by aid cuts’

<p> William Hague launched the initiative championed by Angelina Jolie</p>

Starmer’s cuts risk sexual violence programme backed by Angelina Jolie

<p>Incubators and cradles for newborns in the maternity ward at the Lodwar County Refferal Hospital in Kenya</p>

Giving mothers cash before they give birth ‘may cut infant mortality’

<p>A woman receives a food package from Food Banking Kenya, which has reported soaring demand in the wake of cuts to USAID</p>

Soaring demand at food banks across Africa thanks to massive aid cuts

<p>Zebras by Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Tanzania-based conservation charity African People and Wildlife has told The Independent that it is already planning for drastically reduced revenues as a result of UK aid cuts</p>

UK aid cuts will cause untold damage, wildlife charities warn

<p>A woman waits for a doctor visit at the emergency ward of the Maiani General Hospital in Ethiopia</p>

Trump’s aid cuts could ruin Ethiopia’s battle against maternal deaths

<p>Mariama Soriba undergoes a procedure for a contraceptive implant at the Marie Stopes Sierra Leone Reproductive Choices clinic in Njagbahun, Sierra Leone</p>

Trump’s destructive plan ‘will deny 1.4m women birth control’

<p>Elephants parade through the Lower Zambezi National Park in Zambia. Conservation Lower Zambezi, a key NGO carrying out conservation work in the park, has been hit hard by cuts to US foreign aid</p>

The struggle to protect wildlife as Trump’s aid cuts start to bite

<p>Morocco is one of the nations set see the biggest growth in desalination capacity over the next five years</p>

The environmental impacts of a boom in desalination cannot be ignored

<p>Kenya is one country that has relied on US programmes to provide contraception</p>

US sends $10m of birth control to be burned instead of donating as aid

<p>Activists protest outside the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands</p>

Nations can now sue each other over climate damage. What happens next?

<p>The UK– including the British Army – have supported health work in Kenya</p>

UK aid cuts will leave millions of African women without healthcare

<p>Schoolchildren in Nigeria</p>

The UK’s aid cuts are staggering – and much worse is to come

<p>Women and children will bear the brunt of the impact of the cuts</p>

UK admits aid cuts could see deaths rise – with women most at risk

<p>Superbug Staphylococcus epidermidis on an agar plate</p>

Aid cuts could lead to millions more dying from superbug infections

<p>Emelyne Flavienne, 40, holds treated and cured vanilla pods in Andengondroy village, SAVA, Madagascar</p>

How climate crisis and aid cuts could devastate supplies of vanilla

<p>Programmes helping women and girls across Africa are expected to be at risk</p>

How hard will UK aid cuts hit projects helping women and girls?

<p>Demonstrators protest against cuts to American foreign aid spending, in Washington</p>

New push to save key HIV programme Pepfar from Trump’s aid cuts

<p>Aida Elsayed greeting an aid ship in Sudan</p>

Sudan aid plea as civil war rages: ‘Why is nobody watching?’

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