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2023-08-02 12:52:48 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: ECA6A1E924C2B14FC06705F39CEC99C332C4645C082BA4A955F9F36F9088D733
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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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