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Tag: Famine in Africa

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As Famine in Africa Looms, US Senators Seek More Efficient Food Aid

by Associated PressApril 15, 2017January 25, 2022

BIDI BIDI CAMP, Uganda (AP) — As President Donald Trump seeks to cut foreign aid under the slogan of “America First,” two U.S. senators are proposing making American food assistance […]

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Worst Humanitarian Crisis Hits as Trump Slashes Foreign Aid

by Associated PressMarch 28, 2017January 25, 2022

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years has been declared in three African countries on the brink of famine, just as President Donald Trump’s proposed […]

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