DIKWA, Nigeria (AP) — Under the dappled light of a thatched shelter, Yagana Bulama cradles her surviving infant. The other twin is gone, a casualty of malnutrition and the international funding cuts that are snapping the lifeline for displaced communities in Nigeria’s insurgency-ravaged Borno state.
“Feeding is severely difficult,” said Bulama, 40, who was a farmer before Boko Haram militants swept through her village, forcing her to flee. She and about 400,000 other people at the humanitarian hub of Dikwa — virtually the entire population — rely on assistance. The military restricts their movements to a designated “safe zone,” which severely limits farming.
For years, the United States Agency for International Development had been the backbone of the humanitarian response in northeastern Nigeria, helping non-government organizations provide food, shelter and healthcare to millions of people. But this year, the Trump administration cut more than 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall assistance around the world.
Programs serving children were hit hard.
Jesus christ, man. Listen to yourself.
There were 2 choices, you picked the wrong one, this is on you.
I voted for harris. I just don’t carry water for her.
You don’t have to like her, I thought she was pretty bad.
And still infinitely better than the alternative.
You need to carry water for the GOP being truly and irredeemably evil, that’s the price of having a soul nowadays.
Except at getting people to vote for her. Having someone to vote for will always get more people than having to vote for someone whose only selling point is that they’re second worst to the candidate who you are obligated to vote against.