The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to cut the staff of the US Agency for International Development to fewer than 300, from the agency's total of 10,000 worldwide, four anonymous sources have announced. of "Reuters".
This agency has been the target of a reorganization initiative led by businessman Elon Musk, a close Trump ally.
The agency is expected to have only 294 workers who will be allowed to keep their jobs, including 12 in the Africa office and eight in the Asia office.
“It’s shocking,” said J. Brian Atwood, who served as head of USAID for more than six years. He added that the mass departure of personnel would destroy the agency, which he said has helped keep millions of people alive around the world.
"Many people will not survive," added he, who now works at Brown University's Watson Institute.
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The US State Department has not commented on this.
Trump and Musk, the world's richest man, accused USAID staff of being criminals and fired many of them. Hundreds of internal contractors have stopped work and life-saving programs around the world have been suspended.
