Monday, March 8, 2021

China's Debt Relief in Africa

 The China Africa Research Initiative maintains a "Debt Relief Dashboard" that includes all countries in Africa in debt relief discussions with China.  Beijing says it has cancelled interest-free loan debts due to mature at the end of 2020 for 15 African countries.  It should be noted, however, that interest free loans are a modest part of total African debt held by China.