UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’
- Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African countries, Foreign Office figures show.
- The department’s annual report includes a long-awaited breakdown of how the reduction in the aid budget will affect individual countries for the next three years.
- Analysis by Bond, the umbrella group for development charities, shows cuts of 90% for Mozambique and Malawi by 2029, 80% for Rwanda and Sierra Leone and 49% for Somalia.
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- Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African countries, Foreign Office figures show.
- The department’s annual report includes a long-awaited breakdown of how the reduction in the aid budget will affect individual countries for the next three years.
- Analysis by Bond, the umbrella group for development charities, shows cuts of 90% for Mozambique and Malawi by 2029, 80% for Rwanda and Sierra Leone and 49% for Somalia.
Sources: Guardian