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Could China Fill the US Aid Vacuum in Afghanistan?
Since the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the U.S. State Department and USAID continued to fund key sectors ...
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Africa Could Withhold Critical Minerals After Trump Cuts Aid
The U.S. is likely to struggle to secure the continent’s vast mineral resources under the Trump administration.
GOP senator: USAID vital to countering China’s efforts in Africa, South America
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) expressed skepticism about the Trump administration’s efforts to fold the U.S. Agency for ...
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Stop-Work Order on US Foreign Aid Puts China First and America Last
On January 28, after the original publication of this article, Secretary of State Rubio issued an emergency ...
China’s strategy for peace in Horn of Africa is slow-going, but will it ever reap rewards?
Beijing is taking a slow but safe approach to promoting harmony in a region of Africa beset by war and insurgencies, experts ...
Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aid
Africa's leading public health official will write to the U.S. Secretary of State on Thursday to highlight how the U.S. aid ...
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Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Causes Fear of H.I.V. Resurgence in Africa
Image A PEPFAR-funded AIDS clinic in ... across southern Africa. More about John Eligon Tariffs: President Trump’s move to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China is threatening to fracture ...
Here’s what folding USAID into State is likely to look like
Protestors gather outside of USAID headquarters on February 03, 2025 in Washington. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said in a social media post ...
How the US foreign aid freeze is intensifying humanitarian crises across the globe
Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no way to ...