Can Africa survive the global aid squeeze? Yes, but it will take financial discipline [The Conversation] ↳

With official development assistance falling 23.1% in 2025 and projected to decline a further 5.8% in 2026, The Conversation argues that the pullback in U.S. and other Western aid should push African governments to build fiscal self-reliance through fairer domestic taxation, smarter debt use, and unified bargaining power rather than continued dependence on donor goodwill.