The cut is expected to cost the government nearly $21 million in lost revenue.

Boko Haram and ISWAP have recently increased reported attacks on villages, police stations, workers, and military bases,  prompting President Tinubu to declare a nationwide state of emergency in 2025.

In June 2024, police opened fire on large crowds protesting tax increases, killing at least 60 people, according to rights groups.

President Donald Trump first announced the operation in a social media post on Friday

The United States sent troops to Nigeria in February to advise its military, and deployed drones there in March after Trump said Christians were being targeted in the country’s security crisis.

The outbreak came about five months after Congo’s previous Ebola outbreak was declared over after 43 deaths. This is the country’s 17th outbreak since the disease was first identified there in 1976.

Ramaphosa, who has been South Africa’s president since 2018, has denied wrongdoing in the case.

The January election was held during a nationwide internet blackout and amid reports of intimidation and abductions targeting the opposition.

Museveni will begin another term as attention shifts to his son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, and questions about Uganda’s succession.