Workers check on the rails at an inland container depot in Naivasha, Kenya. Photo: Xinhua Workers check on the rails at an inland container depot in Naivasha, Kenya. Photo: Xinhua
Workers check on the rails at an inland container depot in Naivasha, Kenya. Photo: Xinhua
China /  Diplomacy

Chinese lenders turn off the taps on international energy projects as ‘debt trap diplomacy’ criticisms mount

  • Loans from two development banks fell by 71pc last year to US$3.2bn with three projects in Guinea, Nigeria and Turkey the only ones to benefit
  • Concern is growing both in China and abroad about the sustainability of its lending practices

Topic |   China-Africa relations
Jevans Nyabiage

Updated: 2:04pm, 20 Feb, 2020

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Workers check on the rails at an inland container depot in Naivasha, Kenya. Photo: Xinhua Workers check on the rails at an inland container depot in Naivasha, Kenya. Photo: Xinhua
Workers check on the rails at an inland container depot in Naivasha, Kenya. Photo: Xinhua
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