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USAID Freeze Discussion on Social Media | Protecting the Humanitarian Space in the Sahel Region | Social Media Watch, March 2025

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This document provides analysis of the discussions on social media around the freeze of USAID funds, with a more general focus on perceptions of aid agencies across the Sahel region. The document analyses public sentiment regarding these issues, with the aim of providing insights that can inform aid agencies’ communication strategies and security risk management approaches as the aid sector adjusts to the shock of the funding freeze. The document is part of Insecurity Insight’s ongoing monitoring of public social media spaces in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.