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Angola, China
Chinese banks at heart of Angolan debt relief talks

The state-run Eximbank of China, China Development Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China are leading the talks on Angola's debt to China. [...]

Published on 19/06/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Angela Bragança
China Development Bank
Cui Aimin
Emmanuel Macron
Eximbank of China
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Joao Lourenco
Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Manuel Helder Vieira Dias
Wang Yong

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Angela Bragança
China Development Bank
Cui Aimin
Emmanuel Macron
Eximbank of China
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Joao Lourenco
Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Manuel Helder Vieira Dias
Wang Yong

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Angola, China
Chinese banks at heart of Angolan debt relief talks

Spotlight | Africa
Marathon debt cancellation talks under way ahead of summit season

Spotlight | Africa, China
Macron and Biden want to force China to play ball on African debt

Angola
Crack team of consultants goes to work on Angola's budget

Angola
HSBC, always at the ready for Lourenço's big projects

Angola
Lourenço finally takes up G20 offer to freeze public debt repayments

West Africa
Governments seek guidance on hidden pitfalls of G20 debt moratorium

Angola
IMF calls for settlement of overindulgent dos Santos-era loans

Angola
G20 debt relief: Luanda's ticking time bomb

Angola
Unrepaid Dos Santos era loans risk becoming an economic fragmentation bomb

Angola
Lourenco's three-man squad to try to defuse the country's debt bomb