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Trump cut climate aid to Nepal – just over a year later devastating floods struck

Jeremy Konyndyk, who ran the US Agency for International Development (USAID) response to the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, has criticised the government for closing climate and disaster-focused programmes in the Himalayas

The Independent UK · Sep 1

What will define Elon Musk’s legacy? Doge cuts to USAID Ebola programs

Experts say cuts have hindered the response to DRC’s Ebola outbreak and resulted in ‘significant numbers’ of deaths

The Guardian - US · Jul 7

The Real Cost of DOGE: Why Critics Say Elon Musk Can't Tweet His Way Out of the USAID Disaster

Elon Musk defends foreign aid cuts under DOGE amid accusations of potential humanitarian harm, sparking a debate over the balance between government efficiency and humanitarian costs.

International Business Times UK · Jun 24

'Children starving': Israel condemned over aid denial

Australia's most senior politicians have denounced Israel's denial of aid to starving civilians in Gaza in their strongest intervention on the conflict to date.

AAP · Jul 25, 2025

‘American death zones’: Trump admin announces $30m for Gaza aid program where dozens have been killed trying to get food

Testimony collected by The Independent from Palestinians whose family members have been killed at sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation paints a picture of chaos and death

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2025

‘My son went to get flour. He came back in a coffin’: As the world focuses on Iran, Palestinians are being shot dead seeking aid

MIDDLE EAST IN CRISIS: While the world has its attention fixed on a regional war, desperate Palestinians are being killed by the dozen as they seek food at controversial American-run aid sites in Gaza, write Bel Trew and Richard Hall

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025

Trump admin sending three USAID staffers to Myanmar to help with earthquake relief

Much larger Russian and Chinese teams have already been helping search-and-rescue efforts in the country for days

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025

Musk claims USAID’s Ebola prevention efforts have restarted after DOGE cuts. Officials disagree

‘There was a waiver for Ebola, but USAID funds have never been back online,’ a current official said

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2025

Elon Musk admits that DOGE accidentally canceled Ebola prevention during USAID cuts: ‘We won’t be perfect’

SpaceX boss claims there was ‘no interruption’ to the Ebola program, but a former USAID head says otherwise

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

Musk appears alongside Trump in the White House to admit mistakes will happen in DOGE’s major government reform: ‘Nobody is going to bat 1,000’

Elon Musk admitted he won’t be correct 100% of the time in his work at DOGE, after being questioned if his team had mistakenly said $50 million in condoms were being sent to Gaza and not Mozambique.

Fortune · Feb 12, 2025