{"id":217948,"date":"2025-12-24T10:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/east-africa\/kenya\/africa-all-of-africa-today-december-24-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T10:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:51:16","slug":"africa-all-of-africa-today-december-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/east-africa\/kenya\/africa-all-of-africa-today-december-24-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa: All of Africa Today &#8211; December 24, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"1\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"8\"><strong>U.S. Inks Health Agreements with Nine African Nations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"129\">The U.S. government <a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/The%20U.S.%20government%20signed%20health%20agreements%20with%20at%20least%20nine%20African%20countries%20as%20part%20of%20a%20new%20global%20health%20funding%20approach%20under%20the%20Trump%20administration,%20shifting%20from%20traditional%20aid%20to%20deals%20based%20on%20negotiations%20and%20mutual%20benefits.%20Countries%20including%20Kenya,%20Nigeria%20and%20Rwanda%20were%20among%20the%20first%20to%20sign%20agreements%20under%20the%20new%20framework,%20which%20tied%20assistance%20to%20U.S.%20priorities%20and%20aimed%20to%20provide%20less%20aid%20while%20promoting%20self-sufficiency.%20Some%20signatory%20countries%20had%20been%20affected%20by%20U.S.%20aid%20cuts%20or%20had%20separate%20arrangements%20with%20Washington%20to%20host%20third-country%20deportees,%20though%20officials%20denied%20any%20connection.%20The%20agreements%20replaced%20previous%20health%20arrangements%20under%20the%20dismantled%20USAID,%20even%20as%20U.S.%20aid%20cuts%20weakened%20health%20systems%20across%20Africa%20and%20other%20developing%20regions%20that%20had%20relied%20on%20the%20funding%20for%20critical%20disease%20response%20programmes.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed<\/a> health agreements with at least nine African countries as part of a new global health funding approach under the Trump administration, shifting from traditional aid to deals based on negotiations and mutual benefits. Countries including Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda were among the first to sign agreements under the new framework, which tied assistance to U.S. priorities and aimed to provide less aid while promoting&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202512240111.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 East Africa <a title=\"Kenya\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/east-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 U.S. Inks Health Agreements with Nine African Nations The U.S. government signed health agreements with at least nine African countries as part of a new global health funding approach under the Trump administration, shifting from traditional aid to deals based on negotiations and mutual benefits. 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