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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gerald Imray and Farai Mutsaka

UN food program closes its southern Africa office in the wake of Trump administration aid cuts

UN Food Agency Aid Cuts - (AP)

The United Nations’ World Food Program is closing its southern Africa office in the wake of the Trump administration’s aid cuts, a spokesperson said Monday.

Tomson Phiri said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press that the U.N. food agency had launched a multiyear plan to streamline its structure in 2023 but as “the donor funding outlook becomes more constrained, we have been compelled to accelerate these efforts.”

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