DIKWA, Nigeria (AP) — Under the dappled light of a thatched shelter, Yagana Bulama cradles her surviving infant. The other twin is gone, a casualty of malnutrition and the international funding cuts that are snapping the lifeline for displaced communities in Nigeria’s insurgency-ravaged Borno state.
“Feeding is severely difficult,” said Bulama, 40, who was a farmer before Boko Haram militants swept through her village, forcing her to flee. She and about 400,000 other people at the humanitarian hub of Dikwa — virtually the entire population — rely on assistance. The military restricts their movements to a designated “safe zone,” which severely limits farming.
For years, the United States Agency for International Development had been the backbone of the humanitarian response in northeastern Nigeria, helping non-government organizations provide food, shelter and healthcare to millions of people. But this year, the Trump administration cut more than 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall assistance around the world.
Programs serving children were hit hard.
Oh come on! Harris and Biden would have done worse!
Thank God I didn’t vote for genocide!
Can you imagine the hellscape that would have resulted if harris had made the unforgivable blunder of listening to people who don’t like genocide?
Yeah! You should tell that to these kids so they can share your smugness as they literally starve to death.
Don’t call me smug after you posted this, genocide apologist.
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Your insane intransjgence towards one genocide?
Has resulted in many, many more genocides.
Have you ever considered you’re one of those people who just aren’t good at things?
I wanted less genocide, and I wasn’t too mentally damaged to understand Trump wouldn’t lead to that.
Jesus christ, man. Listen to yourself.
There were 2 choices, you picked the wrong one, this is on you.
I voted for harris. I just don’t carry water for her.