23 Interest-Free Loans to 17 African Countries will be forgiven – Beijing China, the largest government creditor to emerging economies, says it will forgive 23 interest-free loans to 17 African countries and redirect $10bn of its IMF reserves to nations on the continent. Foreign minister Wang Yi announced the cancellations in a meeting last week of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, according to a post on the ministry’s website. It did not provide details on the value of the loans, which it said matured at the end of 2021, nor…
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