USAID shutdown linked to sharp increase in violence across Africa: Research
Administration USAID shutdown linked to sharp increase in violence across Africa: Research Comments: by Ashleigh Fields - 06/03/26 12:56 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Ashleigh Fields - 06/03/26 12:56 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING New research suggests the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) led to sharp increases in violence throughout Africa. African countries that received the most support from USAID experienced armed clashes, protests, and riots in the months following the agency’s dismantling, per a research paper published in the Science journal.
- ▪Administration USAID shutdown linked to sharp increase in violence across Africa: Research Comments: by Ashleigh Fields - 06/03/26 12:56 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Ashleigh Fields - 06/03/26 12:56 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING
- ▪Agency for International Development (USAID) led to sharp increases in violence throughout Africa.
- ▪African countries that received the most support from USAID experienced armed clashes, protests, and riots in the months following the agency’s dismantling, per a research paper published in the Science journal.
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Administration USAID shutdown linked to sharp increase in violence across Africa: Research Comments: by Ashleigh Fields - 06/03/26 12:56 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Ashleigh Fields - 06/03/26 12:56 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING New research suggests the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) led to sharp increases in violence throughout Africa. African countries that received the most support from USAID experienced armed clashes, protests, and riots in the months following the agency’s dismantling, per a research paper published in the Science journal.
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