The United Kingdom has announced a 50.2 per cent cut in development aids to Nigeria. South Africa will receive zero allocation by 2029 after suffering a 59.5 per cent cut in two years to 2027-2028. Overall, UK aid to Africa will fall by 23.7 per cent to £639.81 million in 2029 from £1.45 billion in 2026. In the United States, the Trump administration in 2025 ordered a sweeping freeze and restructuring of USAID, the country’s main foreign aid agency. France announced in 2025 that it would cut its aid budget by €1.2 billion over three years.