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U.S. Says It Wants Trade, Not Aid, in Africa. Cuts Threaten Both.
President Trump’s slashing of foreign assistance threatens road and energy projects that diplomats and experts say align with ...
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Millennium Challenge Corporation's acting CEO resigns
The acting CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the U.S. aid agency whose fate is in limbo, resigned Tuesday, ...
AGOA renewal hinges on US call for reciprocity in trade relations
Amid President Trump's shifting trade policies, the US State Department's top official for Africa emphasises the need for ...
DOGE is shutting down foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation
The agency is offering voluntary early retirement or deferred resignations to its 320 employees and planning to terminate grants to developing countries around the world.
DOGE shuttering Millennium Challenge Corp aid agency, staff told
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DOGE preps to shutter Millennium Challenge Corporation
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is working to effectively shutter the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), closing programs and bringing staff to a bare minimum at the ...
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Small Agency Focused on Developing Poor Countries to Be Dismantled
Millennium Challenge Corporation staff members were offered early retirement or deferred resignation in the latest effort by the Trump administration to gut the foreign aid apparatus. By Aishvarya ...
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Foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation to shut down as part of DOGE efforts
On Tuesday, the agency’s employees at Millennium Challenge Corporation were notified via email that “there will soon be a significant reduction” in staff and programs – just a week after ...