Africa: Donald Trump's Cuts in Aid to Africa Draws Hard Opposition

13 October 2017

Two State Department officials were thrown on the defensive as members of the US Congress denounced the Trump administration's proposed funding cuts for programmes in Africa.

The Republican chairman of a US House subcommittee on Africa joined his Democratic colleagues in criticising Mr Trump's intention to sharply reduce food aid and to scale back other initiatives benefiting sub-Saharan countries, including Kenya.

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