Trump’s plan to slash foreign aid comes as famine threat is surging

By Kevin Sieff

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A woman waits to be registered before a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Program in South Sudan on Feb. 26. (Siegfried Modola/Reuters)

President Trump has proposed large cuts to foreign aid at a time of acute need across Africa and the Middle East, with four countries approaching famine and 20 million people nearing starvation, according to the United Nations.

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