The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has officially closed its doors after President Donald Trump gradually dismantled the agency over its allegedly wasteful spending. ALSO READ: Most of USAID's 10,000 staff placed on leave amid US foreign aid review More than 80% of all the agency's programmes were cancelled as of March, and on Tuesday, July 1, the remainder were formally absorbed by the state department, BBC reported. The shuttering of USAID - which administered aid for the US government, the world's largest such provider - has been newly criticised by former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. ALSO READ: How Rwanda is moving to address healthcare gaps left by USAID freeze These aid cuts could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to a warning published by researchers in the Lancet medical journal. Read the full report here.
