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Our World in Data
@ourworldindata.org

Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria is the leading cause of child mortality in much of Sub-Saharan Africa— In 2021, malaria was the leading cause of death among children under five in more than 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Center for Global Development
@cgdev.org

The Trump admin’s FY2026 budget proposes deep cuts to US dev. & humanitarian aid, reflecting a shift in global engagement. @ecollinson.bsky.social & @justinrhurley.bsky.social highlight a key choice for Congress: endorse this retreat or pursue a more balanced approach ⬇️ bit.ly/3Z8LIRU

bit.lyRedefining America’s Interests? Trump’s FY2026 Budget Proposes Sweeping Cuts to US Foreign AidThe Trump administration unveiled an overview of its FY2026 budget request on Friday. While short on details, the document offers a grim forecast for US development and humanitarian spending. In seeki...

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Ken Opalo
@kopalo.bsky.social

Happy to share my inaugural series of capsule reviews for @foreignaffairs.com: www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/afri... It’s an immense honor to be following in the footsteps of the late Nic van de Walle in this role.

foreignaffairs.comAn African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to IndependenceBadawi’s encyclopedic survey of African history is an important installment in the current wave of scholarship on the deep histories of African societies.

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Rachel Savage
@rachelmsavage.bsky.social

“If someone licked my heart, they’d be poisoned.” The M23's takeover of territory in eastern DRC has killed thousands, displaced hundreds of thousands and also caused a huge mental health crisis. Story by Prosper Heri Ngorora and Carlos Mureithi

theguardian.com‘I hope I’ll one day be at peace’: civilians seek mental health help in war-ravaged eastern DRCPeople traumatised by conflict have queued outside the Saint Vincent de Paul neuropsychiatric hospital in Goma each day since free scheme launched

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The Conversation Africa
@africa.theconversation.com

Refugee camps in #Ethiopia need to be made more liveable. Creating wetlands to provide greenery, absorb flash floods and purify polluted water may help. theconversation.com/africas-refu... #EnvironmentAndEnergy

theconversation.comAfrica’s refugee camps are plagued by flooding: we looked into drainage systems that can withstand local conditionsRefugee camps in Ethiopia need to be made more liveable. Creating wetlands to provide greenery, absorb flash floods and purify polluted water may help.

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Tony Addison
@tonysangle.bsky.social

📉Commodies sold off following Trump’s tariffs & China’s retaliation (on expectations of slower world growth) ⚠️bad news for poorer econonomies dependent on commodity earnings. 👉🏼How to manage such shocks? See our new @unu-wider.bsky.social book (open access) www.wider.unu.edu/publication/...

wider.unu.eduUNU-WIDER : Book : Resources MatterAlmost everything that is essential to modern society—transport and power systems, buildings, machinery, and medical devices—depends upon metals, minerals, and stone as well as oil and natural gas whi...

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Center for Global Development
@cgdev.org

With #USAID contractors shuttered, staff terminated, and the agency’s financial system largely non-operational, @charlesjkenny.bsky.social urges that action from Congress is needed to ensure that already appropriated funds are responsibly spent. Read more ⬇️

bit.lyThe USAID Shutdown: Where Next?The State Department is floating foreign assistance reorganization proposals. While there is surely a lot that could be done to make US foreign assistance more effective, I hope Congress focuses on…

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Rachel Savage
@rachelmsavage.bsky.social

Four years and one civil war later...

Samuel Gebre@habesha.bsky.social

Ethiopia has reached an Agreement in Principle with its Official Creditor Committee to restructure $8.4 billion of public debt under the G20 Common Framework, according to the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance. Source: lnkd.in/gFNbWDTb

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Sascha O. Becker
@essobecker.bsky.social

Jared's @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post 👇 about our chapter for the forthcoming Handbook of Culture and Economic Behaviour (edited by Ben Enke, Paola Giuliano, @nathannunn.bsky.social and Leonard Wantchekon) The chapter (pdf) 👉 www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...

cesifo.orgReligion and Economic Development: Past, Present, and FutureThis chapter examines the role of religion in economic development, both historically and today. Religion’s influence varies globally, with high religiosity in countries like Pakistan and low rates in...
Jared Rubin@jaredcrubin.com

My new @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post on "Religion and Development", building off a recent handbook chapter with @essobecker.bsky.social, @ammapanin.bsky.social, & Steve Pfaff www.broadstreet.blog/p/religion-a...

broadstreet.blogReligion and DevelopmentIt is almost self-evident that religion affects economic growth and development.

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The Conversation Africa
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The Senegalese-French director is a master storyteller with films like Dahomey and Atlantics weaving the supernatural with the real. theconversation.com/mati-diop-is... #ArtsCultureAndSociety

theconversation.comMati Diop is a new star of African cinema – what her award-winning movies are aboutThe Senegalese-French director is a master storyteller with films like Dahomey and Atlantics weaving the supernatural with the real.

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Tzeporah Berman
@tzeporah.bsky.social

“Africa needs regional development plans where national resources are complemented and built out across countries … it doesn’t need more siloed oil and gas projects.” @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social on the push to expand Africa’s fossil fuel infrastructure www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

aljazeera.comCan new Africa Energy Bank power a continent while protecting the planet?A long-planned bank to fund oil and gas projects in Africa must balance profit with climate considerations, experts say.

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Charles Kenny
@charlesjkenny.bsky.social

A thread on USAID, and why it’s a long way from over… The wanton disruption of US assistance has been murderous. By now, kids will have died from malnutrition or one of the afflictions of camp life –perhaps dehydrating diarrhea.

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Michael Clemens
@mclem.org

This thread is highly informative about current actions by the US Administration in secret

Dan Hon@danhon.com

15/ There is a thing in federal government called an ATO, an Authority to Operate: digital.gov/resources/an... You are not supposed to, uh, operate a software system without obtaining an ATO. Normally this is really hard! (In many cases it shouldn't be)

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David McKenzie
@dmckenzie.bsky.social

This week's links include an interview with @ericverhoogen.bsky.social, @kopalo.bsky.social on the ambition gap among Africa's ruling elites, how tariff & non-tariff barriers affect green technology take-up in developing countries, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?

blogs.worldbank.orgWeekly links January 31: the ruling elite need more ambition, green technologies need less tariffs, know who you are, and more…

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Rachel Bonnifield
@rachelbonnifield.bsky.social

The last week has been v bad for US foreign assistance -- and that's bad for America. But there's still time for Secretary Rubio--who has a track record of supporting smart aid--to avert looming disaster and enact a *real* (and needed!) review and reform. Here's how: www.cgdev.org/blog/changin...

cgdev.orgChanging Course to a Good-Faith Aid Review: How Four Principles Could Advance the American Interest and Save LivesMaking the case for how to conduct a good-faith, smart aid review in service of the administration’s goals and the American people.