East Africa: Health Overtakes Democracy As Us Spending in East Africa Drops

United States government assistance intended to grow democracy in the region has dropped in favour of health projects, resulting in a drop in its spending in the region by half -- from $2.97 billion in 2015 to $1.55 billion last year.

This comes as the US is proposing a 30.8 per cent cut to its overall foreign aid budget, according to a State Department budget document seen by The EastAfrican.

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