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'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region

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Aid agencies in Ethiopia 's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration's restrictions on foreign aid.

Ethiopia with its over 125 million people had been the biggest beneficiary of U.S. aid in sub-Saharan Africa , receiving $1.8 billion in the 2023 financial year .

Aid workers say many programs to improve nutrition have been halted.

Major projects to support people living with HIV, improve access to life-saving nutrition services and improve relations between war-affected communities have also been cut off.

“This sudden disruption is having a huge impact on the healing of traumatized people,” says Yohannes Fisseha .