Sponsored university students feel impact of US aid freeze

Public universities in Malawi have ordered all students sponsored by USAID to drop out or seek other sources of funding if they want to remain in school. This follows the 90-day freeze on US foreign assistance recently announced by President Donald Trump, writes Lameck Masina for Voice of America. However, Malawi’s government says it is working to ensure that students can continue their education.

USAID has provided financial support to thousands of students in several Malawi universities, including the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mzuzu University, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, and the Malawi University of Science and Technology or MUST.

James Mphande, the communications manager at MUST, said the US foreign aid freeze is a big blow to several USAID-funded projects the school was implementing.
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