Tracking U.S. Aid Cuts to Africa
Stories from around the web on how the Trump administration’s budget cuts are impacting U.S. aid programs in Africa.
Nigeria
The dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has disrupted the global supply chain that provides a therapeutic food, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
Nigeria, Sudan
Food aid capable of feeding 60 million people has been stored away in Georgia after it was caught up in the supply chain chaos after USAID cuts. They are at risk of destruction by the government or of expiration within 14 months. 15,000 pounds of the stock has already expired and will be destroyed.
Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Frozen financing from the USAID and the US Fish and Wildlife Service has terminated grants worth more than $300 million, including for Conservation Lower Zambezi in Zambia, which works to protect Lower Zambezi National Park's wildlife and fight against illega; poachers.
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda
Forty-eight Democratic members of the House of Representatives signed a letter to the State Department warning of hundreds of thousands of doses of mpox vaccines that were set to expire in storage soon.
South Africa
Although US Congress removed $400 million in PEPFAR cuts from a $9.4 billion recissions package of overall funding cancellations earlier this week, this doesn't mean HIV projects will reopen in South Africa.
Rwanda
More than 4,000 scientists attended the 13th International AIDS Society Conference in mid-July, brought together to discuss diminishing financial support from US programs such as PEPFAR. However, African-led research showcased breakthroughs and major strides made in fields such as vaccine development and adolescent HIV care.
Mozambique
Most Mozambicans have no expectations that their government will step in to fill the hole USAID has left, as it is riddled with debt and corruption, and has previously made little effort to develop proper infrastructure or healthcare systems.
Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mali
Reuters has indentified 21 projects aiming to improve water and sanitation infrastructure in 16 countries that have remained unfinished due to USAID cuts.
Lesotho
Lesotho recently declared a two-year national state of disaster as a result of Trump's 50% tariff on the country, in order to unlock emergency funding to create jobs, as 12,000 garment workers stand to lose theirs.
Tanzania
The International Monetary Fund's July 2025 Staff Report reviewed the effects of the USAID shutdown on Tanzania, which will affect at least 20,000 health workers that had been supported by the agency. The Tanzania government has stated that they have plans in motion to fill the funding gap.
Sudan
US foreign aid workers lobbied for weeks to save 622 tons of food stocks (worth just under $1 million) from destruction in Dubai after the Trump administration's cuts, only succeeding when a warning of 'wasted tax dollars' convinced a top US official to reverse the decision.
Mozambique
The US Senate advanced Donald Trump's request to cut funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting after it was approved by Congress, but after bipartisan opposition, PEPFAR cuts are being removed from the package.
Kenya
A project funded by USAID to bring water to drought-ridden lands in Central Kenya now puts the community at risk of poverty and violence after work was halted after only two years.
Lesotho, Rwanda, South Africa
At least 25 countries are expected to increase their domestic budget to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS, according to the UN. The government of South Africa also announced in early July that it had a concrete plan to fill the funding gap, although the plan still includes a massively scaled-back response.
Uganda
Waste disposal efforts at the Anaka General Hospital in the Nwoya district have been paralyzed due to the suspension of a USAID program, leaving waste uncollected for almost seven months.
South Africa
Zackie Achmat, a South African HIV activist, had previously retired from the brunt of his activism but has returned to work after the South African government provided no real plan to make up for the 17% of budget missing from the national HIV program after US aid withdrawals.
Uganda
Members of the AIDS Support Organization (TASO) in Tororo, Uganda, have continued to support their clients who fear for their lives even after a grant cancellation meant they hadn't received salaries for three months.
Djibouti, Sudan
On July 15th, about 500 metric tons of emergency food in the form of high-energy biscuits will expire. The stock is enough to feed 1.5 million children for a week, and the cost of its destruction will cost American taxpayers another $130,000.
South Africa
In July, Trump officially shut down USAID, the largest humanitarian aid agency in the world, and Islashed the $4 billion that the US had pledged for the global HIV response in 2025. UNAIDS warns that the systemic shock as a result of the withdrawal of that aid could lead to more than 4 million AIDS-related deaths and 6 million new HIV infections by 2029.
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