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Ukraine received in 2022 more aid in a single year than any country since records began, according to new data this week — although some of that was spent on refugees inside EU (Photo: Matt Brown)

Aid for Ukraine breaks records, but 7.4 percent cut for Africa

Ukraine received in 2022 more aid in a single year than any country since records began, according to new data published this week.

The $29bn [€27.8bn] received by Ukraine in 2022 from the Development Assistance Committee's (DAC) 24 members and multilateral institutions was the most that any country has ever received in one year. Ukraine is still at war with Russia nearly two years after it was invaded in February 2022.

However, that figure was eclipsed by the $31bn spent on in-c...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Ukraine received in 2022 more aid in a single year than any country since records began, according to new data this week — although some of that was spent on refugees inside EU (Photo: Matt Brown)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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