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Risk of African debt defaults rising amid COVID-19 pandemic

EU leaders are meeting to discuss Africa's debt burden and how the region can be supported in the wake of the global pandemic. Hit hard by the global slump, indebted African nations are facing loan defaults experts warn.

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