
WEEK IN REVIEW: China and Zambia's Landmark Debt Deal
The China in Africa Podcast
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The China and Africa Podcast is brought to you in partnership with the Africa China Reporting Project at Vitz University in Johannesburg. The ACRP promotes balanced, considered reporting on China-Africa relations through training programs held throughout the year. We'll talk about a landmark debt deal that took place last week in Paris to restructure Zambia's $6.3 billion of external debt by lateral debt. Then we're going to talk about a fascinating interview in the Financial Times about the fate of Congo's cobalt supply. And finally, we'll discuss some of the experiences and reflections of my time in Washington here and the discussions about China, Africa, and the global south more largely and more broadly
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