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USAID funding cuts (including to African countries) in 2025: US$54 billion. Programmes combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis are at risk. The already devastating toll of 600,000 malaria deaths each year—75% of them children under the age of five—is expected to rise significantly. German development aid is being reduced from €11 billion to €10 billion.Germany's contribution…

The Federal President has awarded Jörn Bernhardt the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Cross of Merit on the Ribbon) for his many years of commitment to development cooperation in Awassa, southern Ethiopia. At a ceremony for invited guests (family and EDGET), the decoration was presented by State Councillor Liv Assmann at…

Public sector employees in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, and several other African countries have lost up to 50% of their income over the past five years due to austerity measures. At the same time, severe cuts in public spending have resulted in overcrowded classrooms and reduced access to healthcare. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for around 65% of…

Eyasu Mathews, one of the young shoe shiners we support, has come an extraordinary distance. Today, he is a qualified history teacher with a university degree in History and Heritage Management. He recently sent us a deeply personal letter that moved us all: My name is Eyasu Mathews. I was born in 2000 in Dale…