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As new debt crisis looms, Africa needs more than world is offering

As new debt crisis looms, Africa needs more than world is offering

KARIN STROHECKER and JOE BAVIER AFRICAN countries face another debt crisis and will need more long-term help than the latest G20 debt plan offers them to ward off trouble ahead and keep much-needed investments coming in, according to policymakers, analysts and investors. Around 40% of sub-Saharan African countries were in or at risk of debt distress even before this year, while Zambia became the continent's first pandemic-era default last Friday. The United States, China and other G20 countries have offered the world's poorest countries - many of which are in Africa - relief until at least mid-2021 and sketched out…
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