CHINA WRITES OFF MUGABE ERA DEBTS

China has written off “substantial” interest free loans
borrowed by Zimbabwe during the late former president Robert Mugabe’s final
years in power, giving relief to a country that the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) says is in ‘debt distress’.

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China has written off “substantial” interest free loans borrowed by Zimbabwe during the late former president Robert Mugabe’s final years in power, giving relief to a country that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says is in ‘debt distress’. Zimbabwe currently owes a combined US$17,5 billion to foreign and local creditors. Of this amount, about US$14 billion is owed to foreign creditors.