Trump administration to end PEPFAR AIDS funding for South Africa over white farmer protections dispute

New York Times—The Trump administration announced it will phase out HIV/AIDS funding for South Africa under the PEPFAR program, cutting a lifeline that has supported millions of patients. The administration cited South Africa's failure to protect white farmers as one key grievance driving the funding cut, according to a Daily Caller exclusive. Policy disputes between Washington and Pretoria, including South Africa's land reform policies and geopolitical alignment, are cited as additional reasons for the pullback. The BBC reported the US will stop funding HIV programmes in South Africa entirely, a move that could have devastating public health consequences. The decision represents one of the most consequential foreign aid cuts of the Trump administration's second term.

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