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Namibian job losses loom ahead of USAID’s Friday closure

Tuyeimo Haidula

4 Hours Ago - 2025-02-06 00:00:00

Nearly all Namibian staff employed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), including local nurses working in agency-funded programmes, will lose their jo

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