In Cameroon, aid cuts deepen hardship as armed groups seek new recruits
Families have lost food assistance, small businesses have lost customers, and residents say economic opportunities are disappearing in communities already strained by a decade of conflict.
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A US-funded atrocity prevention system is going dark
As aid cuts bite, local peacebuilders warn that remote communities in Central Africa are becoming harder to reach — and harder to protect.
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USAID moves out, gangs move in: The cost of aid cuts in Colombia
When U.S.-funded youth programs closed in Colombia’s Chocó province, they left behind a vacuum that gangs and armed groups were quick to exploit. Drawing on reporting from affected communities, The Aid Report traces the unraveling of years of prevention work.
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An ISIS-linked insurgency gains ground as U.S. support disappears in northern Mozambique ↳
The halt of U.S.-supported livelihood, governance, and stabilization programs in Cabo Delgado has widened the vacuum exploited by ISIS-aligned militants, CNN reports. As community development projects, youth employment initiatives, and local conflict-mitigation efforts collapse, insurgents are expanding recruitment and territory — a reversal that underscores how aid cuts can destabilize fragile regions and raise long-term security costs.
Trump cut Nigeria’s aid back in March. Now he wonders why it’s so violent [LA Times] ↳
U.S. cuts to early-warning, stabilization, and police-accountability programs have eroded Nigeria’s ability to prevent violence — unrest now cited to justify harsher security measures, an LA Times contributor writes.
The cuts that bleed: What happens when peace programs go dark
As U.S.-funded initiatives disappear, this peace-building organization says they’re “operating blind” in one of Nigeria’s most fragile regions.
In Boko Haram’s birthplace, USAID’s collapse threatens a school for victims of extremism [AP] ↳
A USAID-funded school for children orphaned or displaced by Boko Haram now faces closure after U.S. funding was halted, leaving hundreds of students in limbo.
‘The cartels and clans are ecstatic’: How USAID cuts have emboldened Colombia’s narcos [The Telegraph] ↳
Drug cartels and criminal clans in Colombia are gaining ground as peacebuilding programs collapse. The Telegraph links the resurgence to the loss of USAID support.