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Trump’s Africa strategy swaps aid for trade—but at what cost?
When President Donald Trump hosted five African leaders in Washington this month, his comments laid bare a strained understanding of the continent. He praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai’s English, despite English being Liberia’s official language, and urged another leader to cut short his remarks. But beyond the awkward optics, Trump unveiled a bold pivot in…
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“Stop all work” – U.S. aid cuts derail HIV vaccine trials in South Africa
Just days before South African scientists were set to launch clinical trials of a promising...
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Trump’s ‘good English’ comment to Liberian president triggers backlash and bewilderment
A seemingly offhand remark by U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked backlash in Liberia,...
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Global AIDS battle in crisis after U.S. aid freeze disrupts lifeline programs
Decades of progress in the global fight against AIDS are unraveling following the abrupt withdrawal...
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Here’s how the U.S. aid cuts are leaving Liberia’s health system and women in crisis
When 32-year-old Roseline Phay began searching for contraceptives five months ago, she couldn’t have known her efforts were already doomed. With two young daughters and barely enough to survive as...
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Obama, Bush and Bono decry USAID shutdown, blame Trump administration
In a poignant and private farewell, former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush joined U2 frontman Bono in bidding a tearful goodbye to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), as the...
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Rubio orders global purge of USAID staff as Trump administration pushes ahead with reorganization
In a sweeping move that escalates the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday directed American embassies...
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Trump seeks $9.4B spending reversal, targeting DOGE-identified programs
The White House moved Tuesday to rescind $9.4 billion in previously approved federal spending, formally requesting that Congress cancel funding for programs identified as wasteful by Elon Musk’s...
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Elon Musk exits DOGE role, but his controversial State Department reforms are here to stay
Elon Musk’s brief but disruptive stint at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has officially ended, but his sweeping reforms will continue to shape U.S. foreign policy operations long...
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Funding cuts from USAID disrupt language education for thousands in Mali
Thousands of Malians are grappling with the sudden loss of a transformative literacy initiative following significant funding cuts by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The impact is...
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Bill Gates raises alarm over risks from Elon Musk’s DOGE-related budget cuts
As Elon Musk champions aggressive cost-cutting within the U.S. government through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Bill Gates is raising red flags about the human cost of that mission. The...
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Appeals court allows DOGE to continue operating at USAID
A federal appeals court on Friday lifted an order that had blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from making further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development...
