AfricaEconomyFrance pushes for Global Moratorium on African Debt in Virus Crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called for a global moratorium on debt payments by African countries to help them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Macron told Radio France Internationale (RFI) that he hoped a virtual meeting later on Wednesday of finance ministers from the G20 group of countries could agree to the moratorium. It should involve all major Western powers – China, Russia, and the Gulf states, as well as multilateral lenders, Macron said....