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Zimbabwe has officially walked away from a massive $367 million health funding deal with the United States.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa personally intervened to halt the talks, describing the proposed Memorandum of Understanding as "clearly lopsided" and a threat to national sovereignty.
The breaking point for Harare was a series of clauses that would have required Zimbabwe to hand over sensitive biological data and pathogen samples to Washington without any guarantee of access to the vaccines or treatments developed from them.
Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana summed up the sentiment in a viral statement: "Africans are not guinea pigs."
President Emmerson Mnangagwa personally intervened to halt the talks, describing the proposed Memorandum of Understanding as "clearly lopsided" and a threat to national sovereignty.
The breaking point for Harare was a series of clauses that would have required Zimbabwe to hand over sensitive biological data and pathogen samples to Washington without any guarantee of access to the vaccines or treatments developed from them.
Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana summed up the sentiment in a viral statement: "Africans are not guinea pigs."
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