Paris, Feb 11, 2025 (AFP) - US funding freeze is 'bombshell' for world aid sector

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2025-02-11

US President Donald Trump's order to suspend most foreign aid has sent shock waves through the humanitarian sector, threatening to trigger mass layoffs at many NGOs and possibly destroy others altogether. Less than a week after Trump returned to power, the US Agency for International Development told NGOs they would have to cease operations immediately because the new administration had frozen USAID's budgets. The US president has ordered a 90-......

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