America’s farmers voted for Trump in big numbers. But now they feel the pain of his shutdown of USAID — which buys $2 billion/year of products from them. Where d…
During the 2024 presidential election, farming-dependent counties overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump. Almost 78% endorsed ...
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The demise of USAID: time to rethink foreign aid?
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is no more. Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, has announced that 83 ...
Federal judge says DOGE’s dismantling of USAID likely unconstitutional, orders halt to cuts
Washington — The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development by billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of ...
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Federal judge orders all USAID workers to be reinstated
A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that Elon Musk and DOGE's efforts to shut down USAID are unconstitutional, and is ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa, the first victim of the USAID reduction
US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, announced the end of the program review by the United States Agency for International ...
Ethiopia introduces new tax to fill gap after USAID funding pause
Ethiopia’s parliament is introducing a new tax for all workers as part of measures to fill the financial gap left by the ...
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Trump’s USAID freeze must serve as a wake-up call for Africa
On January 20, President Donald Trump sanctioned a 90-day halt on foreign aid, a decision that affected all financial support ...
Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution in an order that blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Effic ...
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Protests Erupt in Nairobi as Hundreds of Workers in USAID-Funded Project Demand 4-Months Unpaid Salaries
More than 500 employees of the Redeemed Integrated Development Agency (RIDA) in Kenya took to the streets on Friday to ...
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USAID funding cuts jeopardize creation of Ghana’s first Marine Protected Area
For more than 10 years, researchers, civil society and community members and government officials in Ghana worked to create ...