Africa knew Trump’s ‘America First’ pledge meant it might be last. Then came the freeze on aid
A man sits outside the closed Isizinda Sempilo clinic in the Johannesburg township of Soweto Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana) Sub-Saharan Africa could suffer more than any other region as most global aid pauses 90 days for a spending review. Four days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing almost all U.S. foreign aid,…