Ghana fails to secure debt deal with international bondholders

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People walk on the street around Kwame Nkrumah circle in Accra, Ghana on December 2, 2016. PHOTO | REUTERS

 Ghana has failed to secure a workable debt deal with two bondholder groups in its push to restructure $13 billion of international bonds, the government said on Monday, in a blow to its efforts to swiftly emerge from default and economic crisis.

Formal talks were on hold for now after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) indicated that the deal would not fit its debt sustainability parameters, the government said in a statement.