African leaders don’t think cooperation with China will add to debt burden

File. President Xi Jinping and his SA counterpart President Cyril Ramaphosa, during his recent visit to China.

File. President Xi Jinping and his SA counterpart President Cyril Ramaphosa, during his recent visit to China.

Published Sep 7, 2018

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JOHANNESBURG - African leaders attending this week’s summit with China don’t think that cooperation between the continent and Beijing has added to their debt burden Reuters reported. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged $60 billion to African nations at Monday’s opening of a China-Africa forum on cooperation, matching the size of funds offered at the last summit in Johannesburg in 2015.

- African News Agency (ANA)

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