U.S. President Donald Trump has boasted of ending the conflict in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo with a peace deal between the DRC and Rwanda. At the same time, he slashed the U.S. foreign assistance that comprised 70% of eastern DRC’s humanitarian funding.
Abby Maxman, president and CEO of Oxfam America, said, “You can’t do both at the same time.”
Maxman, who just returned from visiting the DRC, witnessed the impact of the cuts firsthand.