'People are going to die': USAID cuts create panic in Africa

Trump last week ordered a suspension of foreign assistance, while his billionaire ally Elon Musk has boasted he is putting the vast US humanitarian agency USAID "through the woodchipper".

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The flag of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) outside their headquarters in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2025. The US government's giant humanitarian agency USAID on February 4, 2025, announced it was placing its staff in the United States and around the world on administrative leave as it moved to recall employees from overseas postings. (Photos by AFP)