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2,000 USAID employees get laid off

2,000 USAID employees get laid off

1 MIN READ

2,000 jobs are now being laid off at the US aid agency USAID, according to President Donald Trump's administration. The entire staff, except for a small fraction, is being furloughed

So Trump's aid stop hits the most vulnerable

So Trump's aid stop hits the most vulnerable

3 MIN READ

Soup kitchens that assist hundreds of thousands of starving people are being shut down. HIV-positive people around the world are potentially left without medicine

Judge pauses blow to USA's aid agency

Judge pauses blow to USA's aid agency

2 MIN READ

The Trump administration has presented its plan to dismantle the USA's aid agency USAID, the world's largest aid donor. The staff of 8,000 is to be reduced to barely 300, according to media reports