{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_zatfiuse6kfva5zf53ta","title":"Why Ghana rejected US health pact — President","title_en":null,"outlets":7,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/us-ghana-health-pact-humiliating-president-mahama-justifies-rejection-zatfiuse6k","count":8,"items":[{"id":"n_rcrova5kik5by4sze6ga","seq":516801,"kind":"article","title":"Why Ghana rejected US health pact — President","url":"https://punchng.com/why-ghana-rejected-us-health-pact-president","summary":"Ghana’s President, John Mahama, explains why the country rejected a US health pact, describing its conditions as “humiliating” and a threat to sovereignty. 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The President said the proposal, which was intended to replace some health funding previously provided through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), was reviewed by the Ministry of Health before being submitted to Cabinet. 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Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, President Mahama said the proposal was carefully reviewed before Cabinet took the decision to decline it. 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The President described the conditions in the compact as humiliating and an affront to the country’s sovereignty. In a session dubbed “A Conversation with President John Dramani Mahama”, at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), an…","published":"2026-09-28T05:50:09Z","seen":"2026-09-28T10:25:10Z","lang":"en","country":"GH","source":{"id":"kite-graphic-com-gh-b15c52","name":"graphic.com.gh","domain":"graphic.com.gh","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q2410669","name":"Daily Graphic","type":"newspaper","country":"GH","designations":["newspaper","periodical"]}},"via":"kite-graphic-com-gh-b15c52","topics":["general news"],"entities":[{"id":"Q21451745","name":"Mahama","type":"person"}],"mentions":2,"story":"st_zatfiuse6kfva5zf53ta","category":"politics","category_p":0.8600000143051147,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6399999856948853,"political":0.9599999785423279}]}