Following a 90-day suspension of US-funded foreign aid programmes, the Trump administration has decided to exempt humanitarian assistance.
According to a media report, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Tuesday funding for essential humanitarian programmes would continue temporarily.
The programmes provide life-saving medicine, medical services, food, shelter and subsistence support.
A waiver obtained by the Associated Press confirmed President Donald Trump had issued a 90-day freeze to review the allocation of funds across the thousands of humanitarian, development, and security programmes.
Meanwhile, CNN reported a federal judge temporarily blocked part of the administration’s plan to freeze all federal aid –a move that caused concern among charities and educators.
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