US EditionUS aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage
- Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are being wasted in US government warehouses due to aid cuts, according to five sources familiar with the situation.
- Stocks have been stuck in US government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision to cut global aid programs in January, according to three former US Agency for International Development workers.
- Supplies valued at over US$98 million risk destruction by July due to expiration, as confirmed by sources.
- The World Food Programme reports that 343 million people worldwide are facing acute levels of food insecurity, highlighting the crisis.
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