00:00Ghana has pulled out of talks of multi-year U.S. aid deal after Washington allegedly demanded access to citizens'
00:07personal data, a source close to the West African nation's government, told AFP.
00:12According to a source close to Ghana's government, negotiations collapsed after Ghana rejected the request.
00:18The proposed package was proposed worth $109 million over five years and may have included health funding, according to Reuters.
00:26The U.S. State Department declined to discuss details of the negotiations, but say the support could have gone towards
00:33fighting HIV and AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases.
00:38The breakdown comes as Washington signs new bilateral health aid agreements across Africa under its America's first global health strategy
00:46following the dismantling of U.S. aid.
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