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A surge in violence followed Trump's cuts to USAID programs in Africa, a study finds
A new study has found that the Trump administration's decision last year to dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development — once a leading global aid donor — was followed by a significant increase in violence in several African countries the a...
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According to ABC News’s source item, A surge in violence followed Trump’s cuts to USAID programs in Africa, a study finds, A new study has found that the Trump administration’s decision last year to dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development — once a leading global aid donor — was followed by a significant increase in violence in several African countries the a…
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