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Judge declines to block DOGE from taking over African development agency

  • A federal judge found that reducing staff and funding at the U.S. African Development Foundation would be legal, according to U.S. District Judge Richard Leon's ruling.
  • The judge refused to block the Trump administration's removal of U.S. African Development Foundation leaders, impacting investments in African small businesses.
  • Congress allocated $46 million to the U.S. African Development Foundation in 2023 for projects in 22 African countries, despite most staff members being laid off and grants cancelled since an executive order by Trump.
  • The U.S. African Development Foundation is an independent agency created by Congress in 1980, and currently employs around 50 people.
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Judges finds a huge reduction in staff and funding would be legal at African development agency

A federal judge on Tuesday found that removing most grants and most staff from a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses would be legal. U.S.

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Associated Press News broke the news in United States on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
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