AP PHOTOS: Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world’s most malnourished
AP PHOTOS: Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world’s most malnourished
Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman play with her surviving infant under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman breast feed her surviving infant under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman is photographed under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman pounds guinea corn outside her thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 Years old woman during an interview as she remembered when she lost one of her twins, under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A sick child cries at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A mother feeds her malnourished child with milk at the stablization centre in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A Malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Malnourished children receive treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Malnourished children receive treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A sick child cries at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A Malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A malnourished child received treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A Malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A man ride on bicycle pass a USAID tent at the internal displaced peoples camp in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A woman carries a jerrycan with a USAID logo on it at the internal displaced peoples camp in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Women walk past a USAID tent at the internal displaced peoples camp in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A woman and her children walk past a USAID sign post in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
An ariel view of Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman play with her surviving infant under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman play with her surviving infant under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman breast feed her surviving infant under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman breast feed her surviving infant under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman is photographed under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman is photographed under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman pounds guinea corn outside her thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman pounds guinea corn outside her thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 Years old woman during an interview as she remembered when she lost one of her twins, under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Yagana Bulama, a 40 Years old woman during an interview as she remembered when she lost one of her twins, under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A sick child cries at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A sick child cries at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A mother feeds her malnourished child with milk at the stablization centre in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A mother feeds her malnourished child with milk at the stablization centre in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A Malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A Malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Malnourished children receive treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Malnourished children receive treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Malnourished children receive treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Malnourished children receive treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A sick child cries at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A sick child cries at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A Malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A Malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A malnourished child received treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A malnourished child received treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A Malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A Malnourished child receives treatment at the Intersos facility, an Italian humanitarian organization, the only remaining facility providing in-patient services for malnutrition in Maiduguri, northeastern, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A man ride on bicycle pass a USAID tent at the internal displaced peoples camp in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A man ride on bicycle pass a USAID tent at the internal displaced peoples camp in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A woman carries a jerrycan with a USAID logo on it at the internal displaced peoples camp in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A woman carries a jerrycan with a USAID logo on it at the internal displaced peoples camp in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Women walk past a USAID tent at the internal displaced peoples camp in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Women walk past a USAID tent at the internal displaced peoples camp in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A woman and her children walk past a USAID sign post in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A woman and her children walk past a USAID sign post in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
An ariel view of Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
An ariel view of Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
DIKWA, Nigeria (AP) — For years, the U.S. 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.
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