Trump freeze on foreign aid felt around the world
Suspension impacts 5 energy, 4 economic growth, and 5 agri programmes, several others in education and health in Pakistan.
Trump re-evaluates all foreign aid including food aid
President Trump has issued an executive order for a 90-day pause in all foreign aid including food aid while the administration undertakes an evaluation of the programs. In the executive order, Trump wrote,
US Aid Agency Is in Upheaval During Foreign Assistance Freeze and Staff Departures
Trump administration changes have upended the U.S. agency charged with providing humanitarian aid overseas, with senior officials put on leave, contractors laid off and a sweeping freeze imposed on fo
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Causes Fear of H.I.V. Resurgence in Africa
Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to widespread confusion. The backtracking didn’t help.
Many global NGO programs in limbo during Trump’s foreign aid freeze
The State Department did make some exceptions to its freeze on foreign aid . Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver allowing deliveries of things like life-saving medicine, food and shelter. But most U.
State Department says Trump froze foreign aid to 'root out waste'
President defends foreign aid suspension after Secretary of State Marco Rubio's emergency exemption for lifesaving programs
Afghanistan food crisis deepens as aid cuts leave many living on ‘just bread and tea’
The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after ...
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How US pause on foreign aid may impact Nigeria’s health, power, other sectors
A pause in this aid will have significant effects on Nigeria's economy as the West African most populous nation, hitherto, ...
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Despite waiver, health and humanitarian groups uncertain
Health and humanitarian groups around the world were still uncertain on January 29 if and how they could resume work after ...
Do food warning labels actually work? Answering your questions.
Readers had a lot to say about my latest column on the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed front-of-package labels. Most ...
How nonprofits abroad can fill gaps when the US government cuts off foreign aid
When foreign aid stops flowing, local leaders and diaspora communities can, under certain conditions, step in.
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Secretary of state Rubio widens exemption for US aid after freeze
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday widened exemptions in a sweeping freeze on foreign assistance, ...