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US Aid Frozen: A Real Humanitarian Crisis And Lives Will Be Lost

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ICTworks _ Thomas Byrnes

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ICTworks (January 27, 2025) published Byrnes' authored piece titled "US Aid Frozen: A Real Humanitarian Crisis And Lives Will Be Lost," providing detailed analysis using UN Financial Tracking Service data: "USAID is now issuing Stop Work orders for all contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, triggering a 60 to 90-day review period of profound uncertainty. This freeze will unleash a humanitarian catastrophe. This is not hyperbole.

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