Foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation to shut down as part of DOGE efforts

DOGE dismantling foreign aid agency started by George W. Bush

The Millenium Challenge Corporation, focused on boosting economic growth abroad, could essentially shutter.(Image credit: Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Musk’s Doge puts Africa-focused Millennium Challenge Corporation on notice

MCC aid agency’s programmes to close and staff numbers minimised as part of President Trump’s cutbacks

From road construction to the modernization of the electricity grid, the Millennium Challenge Corporation invested billions of dollars on the continent.

Millennium Challenge Corporation ‘shutting down’ in latest cut to foreign aid

The Department of Government Efficiency is looking to essentially shut down the Millennium Challenge Corporation — the latest in a series of cuts to foreign aid agencies. Agency leaders told employees in meetings on Tuesday that the agency will soon cut all but a few employees to run legally mandated programs, and that the agency will begin terminating contracts. “It’s shutting down, and I think it’s shutting down sooner rather than later,” an M…

DOGE shuttering Millennium Challenge Corp aid agency, staff told

By Simon Lewis

Foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation to shut down as part of DOGE efforts

(CNN) — A federal agency that focuses on fostering economic growth in developing countries is being effectively shut down as part of efforts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to reduce federal spending, sources told CNN.