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2023-08-01 14:42:04 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B3C101F06DE57CD41D427AC12E61D5B44127BEF745C3D230A685DEC07F7041E3
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The Paris Club made up of Western nations & China both agreed to take losses on debt to Ghana. China has become Africa's biggest lender, holding over $73 billion of Africa's debt in 2020. China has written off some debt due to countries inability to pay interest https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ghana-expects-reach-agreement-with-bilateral-creditors-coming-weeks-2023-06-18/ https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/05/18/china-and-the-west-take-a-step-to-ease-africas-debt-crisis https://blog.politics.ox.ac.uk/chinas-role-in-restructuring-debt-in-africa/
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