Many across Africa shocked by 90-day freeze on US aid

FILE - A child sits outside Nyumbani Children's Home in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 15, 2023. The orphanage cares for over 100 children with HIV, providing them with PEPFAR-supplied antiretroviral drugs. Funds for PEPFAR were among those included in a U.S. aid freeze, Jan. 24, 2025. FILE - Idah Musimbi, 16, who contracted HIV at birth, takes PEPFAR-supplied antiretroviral pills in Nairobi, Kenya, on Aug. 16, 2023. Funds for PEPFAR, an acclaimed anti-HIV program, were apparently among those included in a U.S. aid freeze, Jan. 24, 2025.

Many people across Africa are shocked and worried about the 90-day pause on U.S.-funded foreign aid and a stop-work order on existing grants and contracts worldwide.