China dismisses Africa debt fears at start of Foreign minister tour
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Ethiopian counterpart Workneh Gebeyehu at a press briefing in Addis Ababa on January 3, 2019. Mr Wang will also tour The Gambia, Senegal and Burkina Faso. PHOTO | AFP
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi played down concern over Africa's debts with Beijing on Thursday as he arrived in Ethiopia at the start of a four-nation Africa tour.
China has funnelled cash and loans into infrastructure projects across the continent, where many African leaders consider Beijing's terms a better deal that than those offered by bilateral Western nations.
