UN Food Program Closes Southern Africa Office After Trump Aid Cuts (Connecting the Dots: Hunter Biden, The World Food Program, Cindy McCain, ONE Campaign, Michelle Obama, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Harvard, South Sudan & Soros Funding, All Networking)

UN Food Program Closes Southern Africa Office After Trump Aid Cuts (Connecting the Dots: Hunter Biden, The World Food Program, Cindy McCain, ONE Campaign, Michelle Obama, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Harvard, South Sudan & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Monday, 03 March 2025 03:48 PM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/un-food-program-trump-aid-africa/2025/03/03/id/1201184/

The United Nations’ World Food Program is closing its southern Africa office in the wake of the Trump administration’s aid cuts, a spokesperson said Monday.

Tomson Phiri said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press that the U.N. food agency had launched a multiyear plan to streamline its structure in 2023 but as “the donor funding outlook becomes more constrained, we have been compelled to accelerate these efforts.”

Phiri said the WFP would consolidate its southern and East Africa operations into one regional office in Nairobi, Kenya. The southern Africa office in Johannesburg will close.

Phiri said food programs would continue.

“Our commitment to serving vulnerable communities is as strong as ever, and WFP remains committed to ensuring our operations are as effective and efficient as possible in meeting the needs of those facing hunger,” he wrote.

The WFP didn’t say how much funding it had lost from USAID, but it received $4.4 billion in assistance from the United States last year, around half its total annual budget and more than four times the amount given by the second biggest donor, Germany.

The Trump administration announced last week it was terminating 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts because they didn't advance America's national interests, stopping $60 billion in spending on humanitarian projects across the world.

The move comes after southern Africa was hit by its worst drought in decades last year, destroying crops and putting 27 million people in danger of hunger, according to the WFP. The WFP made a call for $147 million in donations to help some of those in need even before President Donald Trump started cutting U.S. foreign aid.

The WFP provides food assistance to more than 150 million people in 120 countries worldwide, it says. It won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020 and its last six leaders since 1992 have all been Americans, including current executive director Cindy McCain, the widow of former U.S. Sen. John McCain.

Few U.N. agencies have been specific about the impact of the U.S. aid cuts.

The U.N.’s International Organization for Migration reportedly has cut 3,000 jobs linked to resettlement in the United States, and family planning agency UNFPA has estimated that a number of its operations will be affected.

Many U.N. aid agencies have said they are still assessing the impact and remain unclear about whether some programs or projects will benefit from waivers that could allow U.S. donations to continue to flow.

Connecting the Dots:

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the World Food Program USA, Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son, is a director at the Truman National Security Project and a director at the Center for National Policy.

Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy and was the vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.

Madeleine K. Albright was an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, the president of the Center for National Policy and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.

Cindy Hensley McCain was an advocate for the ONE Campaign and is an executive director for the World Food Program USA.

Jim Edgar was a director at the World Food Program USA and is a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Michelle Obama is a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, was an advocate for the ONE Campaign and a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and married to Josephine Baskin Minow.

Josephine Baskin Minow is married to Newton N. Minow and an honorary life director for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Jim Edgar is a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and was a director at the World Food Program USA.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary life director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is a board member for the International Crisis Group. 

Samuel R. Berger is a board member for the International Crisis Group and a director at the World Food Program USA.

Lawrence H. Summers is a board member for the International Crisis Group, a professor; former president for Harvard University, was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Center for American Progress.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Enough Project is an affiliated project for the Center for American Progress.

John Prendergast was a fellow at the Center for American Progress, is a co-founder for the Enough Project and a co-founder for the Satellite Sentinel Project.

George Clooney is a co-founder for the Satellite Sentinel Project and was a messenger of peace for the United Nations.

Satellite Sentinel Project monitors the activities in Sudan, and South Sudan.

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative analyzes the images for the Satellite Sentinel Project and collaborative with Harvard University.

Lawrence H. Summers is a professor; former president for Harvard University, a board member for the International Crisis Group, was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Center for American Progress.

George Soros is a board member for the International Crisis Group, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Madeleine K. Albright was a director at the Center for American Progress, an advisory board member of the Truman National Security Project and the president of the Center for National Policy.

Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy and vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Truman National Security Project, a director at the Center for National Policy, Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son and a director at the World Food Program USA.

Rudolph E. Boschwitz was a director at the World Food Program USA and is a trustee emeritus at the Hudson Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Hudson Institute (think tank) and Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.

James F. Collins was a senior advisor at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP and is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Daniel R. Glickman is a director, Congressional Program for the Aspen Institute (think tank), a director at the World Food Program USA and was a senior adviser at the Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Clare M. Munana is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and the chairman for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Jim Edgar is a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and was a director at the World Food Program USA.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Madeleine K. Albright was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), an advisory board member of the Truman National Security Project and the president of the Center for National Policy.

Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy and vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Truman National Security Project, a director at the Center for National Policy, Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son and a director at the World Food Program USA.

Jim Edgar was a director at the World Food Program USA and is a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Michelle Obama is a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and was an advocate for the ONE Campaign

Cindy Hensley McCain was an advocate for the ONE Campaign and is an executive director for the World Food Program USA.

ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Madeleine K. Albright was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and the president of the Center for National Policy.

Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy and vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Truman National Security Project, a director at the Center for National Policy, Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son and a director at the World Food Program USA.

Samuel R. Berger is a director at the World Food Program USA and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

George Soros a board member for the International Crisis Group and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Lawrence H. Summers is a board member for the International Crisis Group, a professor; former president for Harvard University, was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Center for American Progress.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Enough Project is an affiliated project for the Center for American Progress.

John Prendergast was a fellow at the Center for American Progress, is a co-founder for the Enough Project and a co-founder for the Satellite Sentinel Project.

George Clooney is a co-founder for the Satellite Sentinel Project and was a messenger of peace for the United Nations.

Satellite Sentinel Project monitors the activities in Sudan, and South Sudan.

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative analyzes the images for the Satellite Sentinel Project and collaborative with Harvard University.

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