After two decades, and many failed counterterrorism efforts, the Trump administration is considering shuttering U.S. Africa Command.
Western donors are cutting budgets, but the aid model they built—rooted in control and dependency —still shapes Africa’s development. As aid shrinks, the work ahead is not just to survive the cuts, but also to refuse the system that made them matter.
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