Macron hosts Africa summit on post-Covid recovery and debt relief
The meeting of African leaders and multilateral lenders aims to provide assistance for the continent
18 May 2021 - 18:59
Paris — African leaders and the heads of multilateral lenders met in Paris on Tuesday to find ways of financing African economies hurt by the Covid-19 pandemic and discuss handling the continent's billions of dollars in debt.
The summit is part of French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to recast France’s engagement in Africa, where it was once a colonial power, at a time when the continent faces a near $300bn deficit by the end of 2023 while trying to recover from the downturn...
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