The Trump administration’s effort to slash and reshape American foreign aid is crippling the intricate global system that aims to prevent and respond to famine. Struggling to manage hunger crises sweeping the developing world even before US President Donald Trump returned to the White House, the international famine monitoring and relief system has suffered multiple…
Asanda Zondi received a startling phone call last Thursday, with orders to make her way to a health clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa, where she was participating in a research study that was testing a new device to prevent pregnancy and H.IV. infection. The trial was shutting down, a nurse told her. The device, a…
USAID shutdown: Trump cuts nearly all workers, disrupting billions in international aid The Trump administration has laid off nearly all workers at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), bringing vital global education, health, and humanitarian programs to a standstill. This drastic move, announced on February 4, 2025, is part of the administration’s broader initiative…
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the US Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s government-inspection teams, a current and a former US official told The Associated Press on Sunday. Members of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known…
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the US Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s government-inspection teams, a current and a former US official told The Associated Press on Sunday. Members of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known…
Trump Administration Claim : व्हाइट हाउस की प्रेस सेक्रेटरी कैरोलिन लेविट ने बुधवार (29 जनवरी) को कहा, “अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने गाजा में विदेशी सहायता कार्यक्रम के तहत गाजा में कंडोम के लिए 50 मिलियन डॉलर की मदद पर रोक लगा दी है.” अपनी पहली ऑफिशियल ब्रीफिंग के दौरान, लेविट ने कहा कि राष्ट्रपति…
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration urged US. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers to join the effort to transform how Washington allocates aid around the world in line with Trump’s “America First” policy. It threatened “disciplinary action” for any staff ignoring the administration’s orders. A sharply-worded memo sent on Saturday to more than 10,000 staff at…