Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Recapping the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

 Reuters published on 7 September 2024 an article titled "China Stops Short of Africa Debt Relief as It Pledges More Cash" by Duncan Miriri and Laurie Chen.

China pledged $51 billion in new assistance, without providing details, over three years at the just concluded Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.  It did not, however, announce any major debt relief for those countries that now find themselves in debt trouble.