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US cuts leave Zimbabwe sex workers scrambling for alternatives

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Morristown Airport on September 14, 2025, in Morristown, New Jersey. He abruptly cut foreign health aid early this year [AFP]

In a cramped room with blistered walls on the edge of Harare, three sex workers sat pressed together on a frayed mattress spread across bare concrete.

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