Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Ethiopia Defaults on Debt

 Reuters published on 26 December 2023 an article titled "Ethiopia Becomes Africa's Latest Sovereign Default" by Rachel Savage and Karin Strohecker.

Ethiopia failed to make a $33 million "coupon" payment this week on its $1 billion international government bond.  Ethiopia joins Zambia and Ghana in a full-scale "Common Framework" restructuring.