Agency alarm at €32m cut in aid

CHILDREN will go without safe drinking water and more people will face starvation because of Government cuts to overseas aid.

Agency alarm at €32m cut in aid

The decision to reduce Ireland's aid budget by E32 million means projects for some of the poorest countries in Africa would not go ahead, aid agencies have warned.

Increases in funding would be deferred indefinitely for sub-Saharan countries such as Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

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