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Spotlight | Sudan
Paris conference gives Hamdok two days to win over creditors

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok. © @SudanPMHamdok/Twitter

Sudan's top lenders are due in the French capital on 17 May to decide whether to relieve Khartoum's debt. [...]

Published on 06/05/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Paris conference gives Hamdok two days to win over creditors

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Gulf and Asian countries keep a close eye on African and Western mediation in the Horn

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