What is USAID and why is Donald Trump reportedly poised to close it?

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  • FRANKIE 11 months ago

    These Aryan Caucasian rascals should siply take their filthy and stinky hands off Africa. After all research shows that for every dollar the spend here as so-called aid, they take back twelve dollars. So what's the fuss? Trum ...
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  • LOU C DIAZ 11 months ago

    Who cares what Trump does to USAID?

  • Jonas 11 months ago

    It's easy to always blame someone for your own poor performance and achievements. Why can't we also think outside the box and come up with our own research and development? Why go to Russia and Asian countries to develop for ...
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  • KWAKU PORTO RICO 11 months ago

    Yeah I get it,, but this trump guy needs to slow a bit after all the world doesn't belongs to him... always creating problems ,, today this tomorrow that... enough already America was already great before he was born and I ho ...
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  • I go talk 11 months ago

    Shut it down and take away GMO food and seeds out of Africa , blow the Trump-et , here comes the Musk man ......trump pet is Musk

  • ADU BOATENG 11 months ago

    Restart the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), connect Ghana Gas pipeline line to the Tema power plants, and reduce the use of the weaponized US dollar. Stop depending on the US dollar for trade.

  • ABC 11 months ago

    It is not necessarily about cutting external funding, it is about USAID's promotion of abortion and support for LGBTQ+++++++. No sympathies for USAID.

  • Medusa 11 months ago

    Support to quality education delivery in Ghana: strengthening school governance, inclusive education, gender, monitoring and national/decentralized planing.

  • The General 11 months ago

    USAID was meant for the less privileged but unfortunately, wicked African leaders found a way to embezzle and abuse this. We have situations where a single African leader will own a bank account oversees with millions of embe ...
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  • Lovelax 11 months ago

    Are you not tired of these clichés and pointless soundbites?

  • Truth 11 months ago

    Is it by force to give aid? If you are unhappy with a person's decision to stop helping you as a result of your laziness & self inflicted predicaments, you wake up and help yourself.

  • The point is clear 11 months ago

    Most of these countries being funded by USAID due to famine and other health related problems are self inflicted. Why can't we practice our democracy rationally? We do we buy arms ? Why are we fighting among ourselves? We do ...
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  • Gaslg 11 months ago

    We can set up Ghanaid if we stop corruption and change our bad attitude to work and services

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  • All Good 11 months ago

    The writer forgot to add that USAID funds and sponsor regime change, protests and terrorism in other countries!!!!
    President Trump should shut it down. USAID does more harm than good. Thanks Elon.

  • Worldwatch 11 months ago

    Trump is an idiot. He thinks witjout America the rest of the world orld cant exist.He is a bully,a blackmsiler and a racist into the bargain. He even doesn't want black south Africans to have their lands forcibly taken from ...
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    Trump is an idiot. He thinks witjout America the rest of the world orld cant exist.He is a bully,a blackmsiler and a racist into the bargain. He even doesn't want black south Africans to have their lands forcibly taken from ...
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  • Worried citizen 11 months ago

    Seems Alan MUSK is also a hypocrite DOG!!! AFTER ALL THE HEISA HE MADE,NOW HE HAS A BIG MOUTH AND WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE WORLD...THIS HAS SURELY A BAD END FOR THE AMERICANS