Minerals for aid: Are new US health deals ‘exploiting’ African countries?

In late 2025 after the United States shocked the world by suspending global health aid and experts said it would lead to 700,000 more deaths, mostly of children, each year, Washington began proposing unusual bilateral health agreements to developing countries that have infuriated officials and health activists alike.

Critics said the deals, mostly made with African nations, smack of “exploitatio...