The Federal Government and stakeholders, on Thursday, applauded the European Union for funding a project aimed at advocating the rights of Persons with Disability in the wake of the halt in funding by the United States Agency for International Development. They gave the tributes at the official launch of the Disability Rights Advocacy Project for…
US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said on Monday that the United States was cancelling 83 per cent of programmes at the US Agency for International Development. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January demanding a freeze on all US foreign aid to give his administration time to assess overseas spending, with an…
The Trump administration has placed most United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employees back on administrative leave from midnight on Sunday and laid off hundreds more. In addition to some 4,200 staff who are being placed on leave, approximately 2,000 employees are being fired. The move comes weeks after President Donald Trump’s initial attempt…