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Some of the world’s poorest countries to lose UK aid due to 56% budget cut (www.theguardian.com)
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UK’s bilateral aid to Africa, which funds areas such as schools and clinics, to be cut by almost £900m by 2028-29

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[–] oddbin@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In some ways it's impressive how quickly some western powers are throwing away decades of slowly accrued soft power. 

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

UK is facing decades of poor (or malicious) decisions, and the politicians haven't been lazy and keep at it still