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‘We lost their voices’: Sudan radio program falls silent after US aid cuts
Sara Jerving
Governance & Rights, Democracy & Governance
‘We lost their voices’: Sudan radio program falls silent after US aid cuts
Sara Jerving
Governance & Rights, Democracy & Governance

Radio Tamazuj ran a radio program focused on the war in Sudan until the program was terminated by the Trump administration.

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Sara Jerving
Governance & Rights, Democracy & Governance
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Africa's aid dependency was never Washington's to fix [Semafor] ↳
Governance & Rights, Economic & Trade Interests

In a Semafor op-ed, former Liberian minister W. Gyude Moore argues that the abrupt dismantling of USAID has caused real humanitarian harm and damaged America's standing in Africa, but the deeper failure it exposes is African governments' inability to fund essential services on their own.

Governance & Rights, Economic & Trade Interests
Moral Leadership, Governance & Rights
Bipartisan or bust: Reform principles for the next generation of US foreign assistance [CGD] ↳
Moral Leadership, Governance & Rights

In the wake of USAID's dismantling and the mass termination of aid awards, this Center for Global Development analysis argues that U.S. foreign assistance remains essential to national security and lays out six reform principles for rebuilding a more effective and durable system. 

Moral Leadership, Governance & Rights
Moral Leadership, Global Health Security
Musk escalates unproven USAID claims in fiery posts—as studies link DOGE cuts to child deaths [Forbes] ↳
Moral Leadership, Global Health Security

Elon Musk has doubled down on disputing that DOGE's dismantling of USAID caused deaths, even claiming deaths in Africa decreased after funding was cut. Forbes reports that U.S. humanitarian funding was slashed to $3.7 billion from $14 billion between 2024 and 2025, with modeling projecting anywhere from 780,000 deaths to more than 14 million total deaths by 2030.

Moral Leadership, Global Health Security

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July 2026

Among the flurry of executive orders issued on the first day of the second Trump administration, “Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements” marked a sharp break with previous policy. The months since have seen disrupted livelihoods and conservation programs, stagnated data and evidence, and increased risk of crime and conflict. 

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Why did the US State Department stop sharing air quality data?
Climate & Environment
Why did the US State Department stop sharing air quality data?
Climate & Environment

The U.S. has stopped publicly sharing air quality data collected at embassies around the world, leaving many countries without trusted pollution measurements.

Photo credit: Valeria Mongelli / Anadolu via Reuters Connect

Climate & Environment

The Aid Report Impact Tracker is a living, public record of real-world impacts from U.S. foreign aid cuts. Each entry captures verified accounts of disruption or change — from halted health services to shuttered education programs. Every submission is reviewed and vetted by our editorial team before inclusion.

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“The most difficult moment has been losing access to the basic and necessary needs of life—no food, no medicine, no cash, and no services. Every day has become a fight just to survive.”

— A community member in Kadugli, South Kordofan State, Sudan. As told to Mercy Corps following the termination of a direct cash assistance program.

Photo Credit: REUTERS/Mazin Alrasheed

Three children walking on a dirt path in a dry landscape, carrying baskets of sand or soil on their heads, under a partly cloudy sky.

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