Hamdok and Sudan's creditors expected in Paris

Sudan's top lenders are due in the French capital on 17 May to decide whether to relieve Khartoum's debt....

FOLLOW OUR RUNNING STORY DEBT DIPLOMACY ?  06/05/2021  _ _ Paris conference gives Hamdok two days to win over creditors Sudan's top lenders are due in the French capital on 17 May to decide whether to relieve Khartoum's debt.  [...]  01/04/2021  _ _ Government looks to Caixa Geral de Depositos to restructure its debt As Cape Verde struggles to pay off its creditors, the government led by PM Ulisses Correia is banking on the latest IMF report to allow it to contract new loans.  [...] Get unlimited access to Africa Intelligence's exclusive news SUBSCRIBE ?  29/03/2021  _ _ Tunis tries to defuse its debt bomb to avoid going into default Tunisia, which has been given an official warning by the IMF and had its credit status downgraded by the ratings agencies, is struggling to cope with an external debt which currently stands at close to 100% of its GDP and is weighing heavily on its finances. With just two months to go to the expiry of the IMF's five-year plan for the country, which, in the absence of structural reform, has only yielded half of the funding it was supposed to, the Tunisian government has gone into battle order to try to come up with a solution. We look here at its chances of beating the clock.  [...]  17/03/2021  _ _ Marathon debt cancellation talks under way ahead of summit season The Paris summit on investing in Africa, which will largely focus on debt, and the World Bank and IMF spring meetings will take place in quick succession in the coming months. To prepare for these major gatherings, the IMF and G20 countries have started to tackle the thorny issue of debt reduction, a frequent source of disagreement with China.  [...]  15/03/2021  _ _ Hamdok under pressure to do away with debt The prime minister's recent visits to Cairo and Riyadh were in part intended to enable Sudan to move forward on its debt. At a time when the country's finances are at their worst, Khartoum is grappling with the opposing forces of citizens' discontent and external pressure to carry out unpopular reforms.  [...] SEE ALL ARTICLES OF THIS RUNNING STORY ?

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