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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

USAID set to be hacked from 14,000 workers to just 294 as Trump team shreds humanitarian agency

Only 294 employees with the United States Agency for International Development have been deemed essential among more than 10,000 global staff members.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that crucial health and humanitarian aid will continue, following threats from Donald Trump and Elon Musk to dissolve the entire agency, but the administration intends to decimate its size, including limiting staff to only 12 people in Africa.

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