Experts this week told a British parliamentary committee that the United Kingdom aid cuts to Sudan — where it was once a major donor — contributed to a breakdown of monitoring and communications that might have helped officials predict the outbreak of the current armed conflict between rival factions of Sudan’s military.
Also in this edition: Global health advocates fall short of their goal to increase funding for hepatitis treatments and vaccines, and flash flooding adds to the Horn of Africa’s woes following a record-breaking drought.
The consequences of U.K. aid cuts are becoming clearer in Sudan.
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Stephanie Beasley@Steph_Beasley
Stephanie Beasley is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global philanthropy with a focus on regulations and policy. She is an alumna of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and Oberlin College and has a background in Latin American studies. She previously covered transportation security at POLITICO.
