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Kenya faces growing fiscal consolidation challenges

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KENYA

The weakness of the Kenyan shilling, which is constantly hitting new record lows, has generated so much concern that, on October 24, parliament summoned the central bank governor…

Mozambique’s FRELIMO will push for pre-poll debt boost

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MOZAMBIQUE

Mozambique's debt strategy.

'Lifeline' loans to Angola will not spur reform

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ANGOLA

Outlook for Angola's relations with its creditors.

African indebtedness is critical but still reversible

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AFRICA

African debt crisis?

Nigeria’s infrastructure backlog could worsen

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NIGERIA

Infrastructure shortfalls.

South Africa's parastatals face growing turmoil

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SOUTH AFRICA

This comes amid reports that the state-owned airline will shortly receive a 10-billion-rand (760-million-dollar) bailout from the government, with almost 7 billion rand in debts…

South African 2020 budget may delay Moody's downgrade

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SOUTH AFRICA

While the measures have been welcomed by investors, they depend on Pretoria reaching a deal with civil servants, whose unions have denounced the government’s plans.

Chinese investment in Latin America will be selective

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LATIN AMERICA

Chinese loans for large-scale infrastructure have largely stopped since 2019 and are unlikely to recover due to repayment problems and environmental concerns. Chinese corporations…

Mozambican debt fallout will persist over Kroll report

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MOZAMBIQUE

Risk firm Kroll was looking into undisclosed state loans worth 2 billion dollars, but it said that the Mozambican government did not collaborate fully with the firm's…

Thirst for African Eurobonds belies higher credit risk

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AFRICA

African Eurobond push