South Africa: United Nations’ WFP closes office in Southern Africa due to funding

The World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations, which relies heavily on funding from the United States, announced on Monday that it will be shutting down its southern African office due to financial limitations.

Typically, the U.S. contributes nearly half of WFP’s annual donations, but it is currently reducing foreign aid contracts globally as part of President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy.

Tomson Phiri, a regional…