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Vol 62 No 11

Published 27th May 2021


Chad

Oil-backed loans cast shadow

President Déby's death has put the debt crisis negotiations on hold but Glencore faces pressure to make concessions

A month after Mahamat Idriss Déby took the helm in Chad in the wake of his father's death in April, huge questions remain over the country's economic fortunes, notably over the repayment of mammoth loans from a syndicate led by giant Swiss commodities trader Glencore.

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