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Somalia: U.S. aid cuts force hospital to close, fired workers reopen it and work without pay

Somalia: U.S. aid cuts force hospital to close, fired workers reopen it and work without pay

In early July, the Suuqa Xoolaha Center for Mothers and Children, a hospital in southern Somalia, ceased operations. The hospital’s closure, which involved locking its front gate and terminating staff, including doctors and midwives, was a direct consequence of funding cuts from the United States.  According to the Times, the Trump administration’s decision to cut…

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