US EditionUS restores urgent food aid but not in Afghanistan and Yemen, where millions need it
- The Trump administration initially moved to cut foreign aid to many nations.
- The administration aimed to reduce spending and restructure how aid is given.
- Cuts included food, water, medicine, and health programs, totaling $1.3 billion.
- WFP stated cuts could amount to a 'death sentence'; Kitchen said, "not enough funding".
- Funding was restored for some, but cuts remained for Afghanistan and Yemen.
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DOGE Reverses “Death Sentence” Aid Cuts for Several Nations, But Not Yemen or Afghanistan
The Trump administration says it has reversed cuts in emergency food aid to several nations after the World Food Programme blasted the cuts as a “death sentence for millions of people facing extreme hunger and starvation.” USAID Acting Deputy Administrator Jeremy Lewin, a member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team, reportedly ordered staff to resume assistance to the World Food Programme in Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Jordan, Iraq and Ecuador. But the list do…
US aid cuts put millions in Yemen at risk: Amnesty
Amnesty International warned Thursday that sweeping US aid cuts, compounded by air strikes on Houthi rebels, will have dire consequences for the people of Yemen, more than half of whom rely on assistance to survive. In January, US President Donald Trump imposed a freeze on foreign aid pending a review, after which Washington announced the cancellation of 83 percent of programmes at the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The cuts ri…
Trump administration to modify some UN food agency awards: state dept
US President Donald Trump's administration wants the UN World Food Programme to modify operations backed by the US in six countries, a state department spokesperson said on Wednesday, after Washington terminated and then reinstated the assistance.
Yemen: US abrupt and irresponsible aid cuts put millions at risk
The United States government’s abrupt and irresponsible termination of foreign assistance is putting the health and human rights of millions of people in Yemen who depend on humanitarian aid at risk, Amnesty International said today. After a decade of a devastating conflict, Yemen continues to face one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Aid workers described to Amnesty International how President Donald Trump’s decision to cut US aid …
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