Mulambo Haimbe

Zambia has asked the US to suspend a health program amid concerns over hidden motives.

Zambia's Foreign Affairs Minister Mulambo Haimbe discusses bilateral relations with the USA on BBC.

Zambia halted two-billion-dollar US health aid negotiations, citing unacceptable data-sharing privacy violations and conditioning on preferential mineral access, escalating diplomatic tensions amid broader African skepticism of similar US health agreements.

Zambia rejected a US-funded health agreement over demands for citizen data access and preferential mining treatment for American companies, refusing to link healthcare negotiations to a separate critical minerals deal amid broader US-China competition for influence.

Zambia rejected a U.S. proposal linking $2 billion in health funding to critical minerals access, citing sovereignty violations over data-sharing terms and mineral extraction preferences that threatened fiscal autonomy and long-term development control.

Zambia rejected the Trump administration's demand for preferential critical mineral access, accusing it of conditioning a $2 billion health funding offer on mining concessions, escalating tensions with the outgoing U.S. ambassador over investment and governance disputes.

Zambia rejected a US proposal linking $2 billion in health funding to critical minerals access, opposing cross-conditionality that bundles unrelated agreements and constrains policy independence for resource-rich nations navigating strategic resource diplomacy.

Zambia rejected a US health aid program worth two billion dollars over five years, following Ghana's similar decision, citing concerns about conditions linking health funding to mining rights agreements and national data sovereignty.

Zambia suspended multi-billion dollar US health and minerals deals, rejecting Washington's demands for preferential mining treatment and citizen data sharing, asserting it seeks partnership over aid-dependent relationships.