Lusaka — Zambia will cancel or downsize project loans worth about $5bn as the nation tries to rein in runaway external debt that is increasing its risk of default.
The government has about $7bn in pipeline external debt — loans contracted but not yet disbursed — and plans to slash this to about $2bn, finance minister Bwalya Ng’andu said on Wednesday...
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