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US Aid Cuts Leave Food for Millions Mouldering in Storage

U.S. Aid cuts since January 2023 have left food rations for 3.5 million people mouldering in four USAID warehouses worldwide, including Durban and Dubai.
These cuts stem from the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID and reduction of humanitarian spending, which caused chaos in the Bureau for Humanitarian Affairs and contract cancellations.
The warehouses stock between sixty and sixty-six thousand tonnes of food from American producers, valued at more than $98 million, including nearly 500 tonnes of biscuits set to expire in July and at risk of spoilage.
Navyn Salem of Edesia reported a backlog forcing extra storage of 5,000 tonnes worth $13 million, while aid groups like the International Rescue Committee scale back programs amid warnings of 2.4 million children at risk of missing supplies.
With 343 million people facing acute food insecurity and rising hunger driven by conflict and climate change, the stalled aid and warehouse staff reductions threaten to worsen global famine conditions.

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Reuters

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junge Welt

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La Opinion

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Common Dreams

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telesurtv.net

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USA Ruins More than 60,000 Metric Tons of Food Aid by USAID Cuts

Since the Donald Trump administration decided to cut back, last January, global aid programs (obvious of the role of the US as the world's largest humanitarian aid donor), food reserves quantified at 60,000 metric tons are stagnated in four U.S. government warehouses, as reported by sources associated with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). READ ALSO Report reveals a record number of acute hunger recorded in the world during …

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