Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has warned the United States it will lose influence abroad to other major powers because of its massive aid cuts, telling the Munich Security Conference: “As bridges are burning, new bridges are being formed.”
Mahama told a conference side meeting that his country has been forced to make $156 million in spending cuts to economic growth and education plans, and — “the most critical” — health care programs because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s aid freeze.
Those $78 million of health cuts would hit children’s care and maternity services, as well as HIV testing and access to antiretroviral drugs previously provided by PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Mahama said.