Zambia’s Foreign Minister Mulambo Haimbe has launched a fierce critique against a new United States (US) healthcare funding offer, accusing Washington of trying to leverage critical medical aid to advance American economic interests.
Haimbe condemned the US strategy for linking essential health assistance to a separate, highly strategic agreement that would grant Washington access to Zambia’s critical minerals. Resistance to these conditional packages is mounting elsewhere on the continent; Kenya’s landmark $2.5 billion healthcare deal has also been completely stalled after local activists launched a legal battle to block it in court.
The controversial new offers come just a year after the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development over claims of wastefulness. That decision severely disrupted vital health programs across several African nations that had long relied on American funding.
–ChannelAfrica–
