"In Kenya, over 700,000 refugees, many from Somalia, have been directly affected by the US cuts to the World Food Program. The 35-year-old minister said that they had only received a third of the necessary food rations, leading to a dramatic increase of hunger and malnutrition. "Tensions are growing, many people have to flee, the region is becoming increasingly destabilized," she warned. "This is unacceptable in human terms and is also not in Germany's security interests.""
""My budget is down by around 910 million compared to the previous year. In view of increasing crises, Germany is investing far less in international cooperation than is actually urgently needed." Nevertheless, she told the German parliament that the measures wouldn't hamstring German development policy. "We are a long way off American conditions and that's how it should be," stressed the minister,"
The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) budget was reduced by 8% to just under 10 billion euros ($11.47 billion), a decrease of approximately 910 million euros from the previous year. The cut reduces Germany's investment in international cooperation amid rising global crises. Emergency aid provision from the Foreign Ministry fell to 1.05 billion euros in 2025 from 2.23 billion in 2024 and has declined by two-thirds since 2022. US funding cuts to the World Food Programme have left over 700,000 refugees in Kenya with only one-third of needed food rations, increasing hunger, malnutrition, displacement, and regional destabilization. NGOs warn that the German reductions will have drastic humanitarian consequences and undermine security interests.
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