US EditionThe US is sabotaging its own Africa strategy
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Development aid against mineral resources: the White House promises to invest $320 million in Zambia's health care system in 2026, if the country of Southern Africa signs, in parallel, a bilateral agreement that concerns, among other things, the country's basements. An aggressive attempt by the White House to get hold of copper or cobalt, called blackmail by many health activists.
The US is sabotaging its own Africa strategy
The State Department has threatened to cut global health funding in order to secure access to Zambia's mineral resources, but this approach is shortsighted and will ultimately fail to secure long-term access to minerals.
U.S. to halt HIV aid if Zambia won't share mining wealth?
Memo for Secretary of State urges ‘massive’ aid cut to push Zambia to negotiate The New York Times reports: U.S. Considers Withholding H.I.V. Aid Unless Zambia Expands Minerals Access A draft State Department memo outlines ways the Trump administration may ratchet up pressure on the African country by ending health support “on a massive scale.”… The post U.S. to halt HIV aid if Zambia won’t share mining wealth? appeared first on Erasing 76 Crime…
A draft note from the US Department of State reveals a shocking strategy: the Trump administration would consider suspending vital aid for HIV treatment in Zambia to force the country to sign an agreement on its critical minerals. This manoeuvre would endanger the lives of 1.3 million people who depend daily on anti-retroviral drugs funded by Washington.
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