A Kenyan court has suspended the implementation of a “landmark” $2.5bn (£1.9bn) health aid deal signed with the US last week over data privacy concerns. It follows a case filed by a consumer rights lobby seeking to stop the alleged transfer and sharing of Kenyans’ personal data under the agreement. The interim ruling now bars Kenyan authorities from taking any steps to put the deal into practice “insofar as it provides for or facilitates the transfer, sharing or dissemination of medical, epidemiological or sensitive personal health data”. Since the deal with Kenya, Donald Trump’s administration has signed similar agreements with other African countries as it overhauls its foreign aid programme. Under its new global health aid strategy, the US prioritises...