UN food agency shuts Joburg regional bureau amid Trump cuts

Business Day

The UN’s World Food Programme is closing its Southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg due to funding constraints, with the US slashing foreign aid contracts globally. The agency did not specify the impact of Trump’s aid cuts, but noted a constrained donor funding outlook. The US is the largest donor to the WFP, contributing $4.5bn of its $9.8bn budget last year.

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