Monday, August 15, 2022

African Sovereignty and Chinese Debt

 The Africa Report published on 15 August 2022 a commentary titled "Is Africa Undercutting Its Sovereignty with China's Debt-trap Diplomacy?" by Sally Boyani.

To the extent African countries get into difficulty with China over debt, these are choices African leaders have made freely.  African sovereignty was undercut over a century ago but African leaders need to be careful not to lease their independence for the next 100 years.