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Ghana is latest African country to reject Trump aid deal over data concerns

The Telegraph·Ben Farmer·about 1 month ago
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Ghana has become the latest African country to reject a new bilateral health funding deal with Donald Trump’s administration, after objecting to data-sharing terms. The West African nation has reportedly joined Zimbabwe and Zambia in turning down a new ‘America First’ agreement to receive United States aid money. President John Dramani Mahama’s government objected to a requirement to share sensitive health data, sources told Reuters. Similar misgivings hit talks with Zimbabwe this year, and led a Kenyan court to halt implementation of its own deal until a case filed by a consumer protection group could be heard. A deal with Zambia worth $1bn (£0.7bn) has been in limbo since late last year after Washington linked the money to gaining mineral rights in the copper-rich country . Mr Trump and his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, have rebooted America’s vast international aid spending, claiming it was wasteful, ineffective and was just keeping poor countries dependent on handouts.…

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