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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rachel Schraer

Congress should be ashamed over helping Trump cut foreign aid, activists say

Programmes across Africa will be hit, including in Nigeria - (AP)

The US Congress should be ashamed by its role in helping Donald Trump claw back billions of dollars in foreign aid funding already allocated to projects around the world, activists have said.

The House of Representatives recently narrowly voted through a request to claw back $9.4 billion (£7bn) of funds – known as rescissions – with $8bn of that coming from foreign aid. It is the first step to making these cuts permanent.

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