Here are some of our top stories for your weekend reading: #1 The AU summit kicks off in Addis Ababa with leadership changes, high-stakes negotiations, and pressing security challenges. With reparations, conflict resolution, and climate change on the agenda. Here are 5 things to watch. https://www.devex.com/news/5-things-to-watch-at-the-african-union-summit-109392?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link #2 Hospitals are shutting down. Vaccination programs are at risk. Waste management faces hurdles. These are the immediate effects of USAID’s funding freeze in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. https://www.devex.com/news/usaid-freeze-deepens-rohingya-crisis-exacerbating-subhuman-conditions-109376?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link #3 If the future of USAID is privatizing the workforce, workers' experiences with one contract in the agency's global health bureau may forecast what's to come. These workers received an immediate termination letter with no severance and their health insurance was cut four days later. https://www.devex.com/news/unceremonious-sacking-may-preview-the-future-of-privatizing-us-aid-109239?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link #4 The development finance landscape is seeing a major upheaval with the halt of U.S. aid, but that shines an even greater spotlight on efforts to mobilize private capital. Here are some development finance trends to watch this year. https://www.devex.com/news/as-us-aid-falters-development-finance-trends-to-watch-in-2025-109355?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audience&utm_content=link