US aid cuts deal a massive blow for the small African nation of Lesotho: Takeaways from AP’s report

Cătălin Roșioru

HA LEJONE, Lesotho (AP) — In the wake of massive U.S. cuts to foreign aid, the small country of Lesotho , in southern Africa faces deep uncertainty and worry over its HIV-positive residents. Lesotho long had the world’s second-highest HIV infection rate. Over years, with nearly $1 billion in U.S. aid , Lesotho patched together a health network efficient enough to slow the epidemic’s spread. But when U.S. President Donald Trump froze foreign assistance and dismantled the U.S. Agency for

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