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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Daphne Psaledakis

USAID chief goes to Chad to meet Sudanese refugees, discuss humanitarian needs

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power speaks during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit 2022 in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool

The chief of the U.S. Agency for International Development traveled on Thursday to Chad, where tens of thousands have fled fighting in neighboring Sudan, to meet with Sudanese refugees and officials, a USAID spokesperson said.

Some 60,000 Sudanese refugees, mostly women and children, have poured over the border since war broke out in Sudan on April 15, seeking safety in Chad, one of the world's most impoverished countries.

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