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International aid groups axe thousands of jobs in wake of Trump funding freeze

www.wakaticket.com – Fears that cuts will ‘decimate’ ability to react to crises as sector loses expertise and skills at every level, report finds…
International aid groups axe thousands of jobs in wake of Trump funding freeze
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‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia

www.wakaticket.com – Ethiopia was the largest recipient of US aid assistance in sub-Saharan Africa before Donald Trump froze funding last month. From food and health to support for refugees and sexual abuse survivors, we examine the impact of a decision that has left aid organisations scrambling…
‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia
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How will Trump and Musk’s freeze on USAid affect millions around the world?

www.wakaticket.com – Immediately after his inauguration, the US president and the head of Doge halted funding for all foreign assistance, creating chaos for staff and for humanitarian projects, charities, governments and people around the world…
How will Trump and Musk’s freeze on USAid affect millions around the world?
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‘If not fire, we’ll be killed by hunger’: villagers continue to feel fallout from Bolivia’s worst wildfires

www.wakaticket.com – Food shortages and health issues continue after vast areas of forest and farmland burned last year…
‘If not fire, we’ll be killed by hunger’: villagers continue to feel fallout from Bolivia’s worst wildfires
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‘Beware of the bat’: how a mine in Kigali became the focus of Marburg virus research

www.wakaticket.com – The fatality rate for the disease is usually 88%, but during a recent outbreak in Rwanda, deaths were kept to 23%. A new approach based on studying miners may be the reason why…
‘Beware of the bat’: how a mine in Kigali became the focus of Marburg virus research
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The Ugandan arts centre bringing harmony to Africa’s biggest refugee camp

www.wakaticket.com – The Bidi Bidi performing arts venue offers more than 250,000 refugees the chance to sing, play, dance – and dream of a peaceful future…
The Ugandan arts centre bringing harmony to Africa’s biggest refugee camp
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Off air: one by one, the Taliban are removing women’s voices from Afghan radio

www.wakaticket.com – As one of the last female-run stations in the country is silenced, a former broadcaster gives an inside view of the crackdown on women working in the media…
Off air: one by one, the Taliban are removing women’s voices from Afghan radio
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Handouts are never free. The cruel US aid freeze is an opportunity for the Caribbean | Kenneth Mohammed

www.wakaticket.com – Trump’s orders will cause hardship but it could allow small nations to face up to their dependence on a coercive oligarchy…
Handouts are never free. The cruel US aid freeze is an opportunity for the Caribbean | Kenneth Mohammed
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‘What a project, what a challenge!’: Africa’s leading architect gives Thomas Sankara a proper place of rest

www.wakaticket.com – Pritzker prize-winner Francis Kéré has designed a memorial to honour ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’, Burkina Faso’s visionary president who was assassinated in 1987…
‘What a project, what a challenge!’: Africa’s leading architect gives Thomas Sankara a proper place of rest
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‘Biologists were not part of the crime food chain’: why Ecuador’s scientists are facing violence, threats and kidnapping

www.wakaticket.com – Despite government efforts, armed groups control many remote areas. Now researchers are caught in the crosshairs…
‘Biologists were not part of the crime food chain’: why Ecuador’s scientists are facing violence, threats and kidnapping
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Young, old, refugees and returnees: thousands fleeing violence cross border into South Sudan

www.wakaticket.com – Makeshift hospitals and informal settlements deal with daily influx of those escaping the war in Sudan…
Young, old, refugees and returnees: thousands fleeing violence cross border into South Sudan
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Arsenal accused of snub to DRC minister over ‘bloodstained’ Visit Rwanda deal

www.wakaticket.com – Exclusive: Foreign minister says she sought meeting with the north London Premier League club to discuss sponsorship by country accused of aiding armed rebels…
Arsenal accused of snub to DRC minister over ‘bloodstained’ Visit Rwanda deal
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‘Disruptive, unfair and cruel’: jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care in Zimbabwe

www.wakaticket.com – Facilities have been forced to close as halt in funding impacts country’s donor-dependent health sector…
‘Disruptive, unfair and cruel’: jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care in Zimbabwe
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‘Even the sound of the water has changed’: can Bogotá bring its wetlands back from the brink?

www.wakaticket.com – The marshes in Colombia’s capital are sacred to Indigenous peoples, provide vital wildlife habitats and could help the city adapt to climate change. But after centuries of development they are close to collapse…
‘Even the sound of the water has changed’: can Bogotá bring its wetlands back from the brink?
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‘All hell broke loose’: Colombia rethinks ‘total peace’ plan as violence grips north

www.wakaticket.com – With an ex-guerrilla as president, many hoped for an end to a 60-year war that has killed 450,000 people. But as rebels and cartels vie for control of the drug trade, many fear peace will never come…
‘All hell broke loose’: Colombia rethinks ‘total peace’ plan as violence grips north
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China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows

www.wakaticket.com – Russia, Turkey and Egypt also among worst perpetrators of transnational repression around the globe…
China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows
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From escaped child bride to artist: why one Ghanaian painter puts women at the centre of her work

www.wakaticket.com – Hawa Awanle Ayiboro’s solo exhibition opens this month in Accra with paintings that explore a difficult period in her childhood and the emancipation of other women…
From escaped child bride to artist: why one Ghanaian painter puts women at the centre of her work
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Dirty water and endless wars: why cholera outbreaks are on the rise again

www.wakaticket.com – The number of cases globally has surged since 2021, as war and the climate crisis pile pressure on vaccine supplies…
Dirty water and endless wars: why cholera outbreaks are on the rise again
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Trump’s aid cuts will lead to a surge in propaganda and misinformation, say press freedom groups

www.wakaticket.com – From Ukraine to Afghanistan, independent media organisations across the world are being forced to lay off staff or shut down after losing USAid funding…
Trump’s aid cuts will lead to a surge in propaganda and misinformation, say press freedom groups
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Fears grow for health of social media influencer arrested on live TV in Sierra Leone

www.wakaticket.com – Hawa Hunt’s detention a month ago was politically motivated, say daughter and rights groups, who also raise concerns about her treatment in jail…
Fears grow for health of social media influencer arrested on live TV in Sierra Leone
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