The proposed plan would see thousands of workers lose their jobs, with fewer than 300 positions left in the American organisation to administer humanitarian aid programmes around the world.

IRISH HUMANITARIAN GROUPS are reeling from the suspension of US foreign aid funding announced by the Trump administration.

USAid workers said they tracked 600 employees who ... said early on Monday that he had spoken with Mr Trump about the six-decade US aid and development agency and “he agreed we should shut ...

Beyond that, hundreds of senior officials and workers who help distribute US aid had already been fired or put on leave, and many aid efforts remain paralysed around the world. Most of the soup ...

“And that sort of level of insubordination makes it impossible to conduct the sort of mature and serious review that I think ...

The Trump administration’s plans would see thousands of workers lose their jobs, with fewer than 300 positions left in USAID to administer humanitarian aid programmes around the world.

But Palestinians and aid workers say it’s still an uphill battle to ensure the assistance reaches everyone. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed in Goma last week, according to early estimates provided by the UN peacekeeping operation in ...

I grew up in a traditional Irish American family ... place with you.” A Ford worker from Michigan added, “I was born in Canada. When I applied for financial aid to go to college, I was ...

Under former President Joe Biden, USAID was run by Irish-American diplomat ... the administration urged USAID workers to join the effort to transform how Washington allocates aid in line with ...