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Susannah Birkwood

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As seen in: HuffPost UK, AllAfrica, Le Temps, Thomson Reuters Foundation, PR Week, Devex, SussexWorld, Third Sector, Mid Sussex Citizen, Geneva Solutions and
Freelance journalist & comms pro specialising in wildlife + conservation, #globaldev, civil society, Spanish + LatAm affairs + INGO media | Ex: @WWF @Bloomberg
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UK aid cuts hit fragile states despite pledge to protect them

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By Susannah Birkwood
| Devex
The country-by-country allocations released by the U.K. government today alongside its Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s annual report reveal which countries will see the sharpest decline in U.K. aid in the coming years. The U.K. will cut bilateral aid to Malawi and Mozambique by around 90% and slash support to several other low-income and fragile states by 2029, according to long-awaited figures published by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
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FCDO criticized for transparency failings

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By Susannah Birkwood
| Devex
FCDO has been criticized for failing to reveal how much money it will allocate to individual countries and for cutting the budget of its watchdog, ICAI. Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have criticized the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s transparency and accountability after it delayed figures on how much it was spending and cut the budget of its watchdog.
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Aid cuts squeeze security capacity as local responders take on rising risks

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By Susannah Birkwood
| Devex
In Afghanistan, human rights activist Horia Mosadiq saw international aid workers move through Kabul in armored vehicles and return to secure compounds, while local staff and organizations relied on rented cars and absorbed risks that followed them home. Donors, she said, were often more willing to fund a half-a-million-dollar armored vehicle for an INGO than $10,000 for a local group’s safer transport.
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