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Trump leaves USAID staff in despair

U.S. President Donald Trump. [AFP]

Beyond putting its work in some of the world's poorest countries in doubt, US President Donald Trump's sudden move to shut down USAID has left many of its thousands of employees in shock and despair.

Promising to slash federal spending, Trump's government has put almost all of the more than 10,000 employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on leave and promised to shut down the organization.

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