Severe droughts, US government aid cuts and the national government’s failure to devote adequate funding to essential services increased poverty levels. Millions of people lacked potable water and thousands of children suffered from acute malnutrition. Security forces violently repressed protests against poor governance and extractive projects, resulting in deaths, injuries and arbitrary arrests. There were no investigations into extrajudicial killings or other abuses. Women, girls and persons with albinism were denied protection from violence and discrimination as key reforms stalled.
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