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DOGE Reverses “Death Sentence” Aid Cuts for Several Nations, But Not Yemen or Afghanistan

HeadlineApr 10, 2025

The Trump administration says it has reversed cuts in emergency food aid to several nations after the World Food Programme blasted the cuts as a “death sentence for millions of people facing extreme hunger and starvation.” USAID Acting Deputy Administrator Jeremy Lewin, a member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team, reportedly ordered staff to resume assistance to the World Food Programme in Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Jordan, Iraq and Ecuador. But the list does not include Afghanistan and Yemen, two countries with dire humanitarian situations that have been ravaged by U.S. intervention.

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