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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Ethiopia to test new China-G20 compromise on debt

As Ethiopia's public debt weighs increasingly heavily on its public finances, the committee which will negotiate a reduction of its debt under the aegis of the Paris Club has still not been constituted. It is set to be one of the first to test the new debt treatment rules negotiated last year by China and the G20. China still has its foot on the brakes, however. [...]

Published on 21/07/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Glencore's two-speed debt talks with Chad and Congo

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