The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP), which relies heavily on United States (US) funding, is closing its southern African bureau due to funding constraints.
The US is slashing foreign aid contracts worldwide as part of president Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.
Countries like Zimbabwe and Mozambique have been beneficiaries of the programme due to climate change’s impact on their agricultural sectors. Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Namibia have declared a national disaster due to the worst drought in southern Africa in years.
160 workers in South Africa have already been alerted that their office will be merged with the one in Kenya.
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