In Johannesburg, Trump cuts force HIV clinics to close - leaving sufferers in tears and terrified A woman walks up to the security guards outside a shuttered USAID-funded sexual health clinic in Johannesburg's inner-city district. She looks around with confusion as they let her know the clinic is closed. She tells us it has only been two months since she came here to receive her usual care. Now, she must scramble to find another safe place for her sexual health screenings and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) - her regular defence against rampant HIV. On the day he was sworn in as US president for a second time, Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing foreign aid for a 90-day period. That is being challenged by federal employee unions in court over what it says are "unconstitutional and illegal actions" that have created a "global humanitarian crisis". And the order has had an immediate impact on South Africa's most vulnerable.
Afghanistan's Taliban government has held talks with India on improving bilateral ties and seeking increased humanitarian assistance for the impoverished country, officials reported Thursday.
Jitender Pal Singh, the Indian foreign ministry’s point-person for Afghanistan, led his delegation’s meetings with Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and a rare interaction with Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqoob, among others, during the November 4-5 visit to Kabul.
“Yes, this was the first meeting with” Yaqoob, Indian media quoted Randhir Jaiswal, the foreign ministry spokesperson, as telling a weekly news conference in New Delhi on Thursday.
Jaiswal stated that “humanitarian assistance from India was the centerpiece of the meetings of JP Singh with Afghan officials.” He added that the Indian delegation also met with representatives of the United Nations agencies in Kabul.