South Africa’s Medium Term Budget Statement outlined harsh austerity measures, but it wouldn’t take much to knock the plans off course and leave debt on an unsustainable trajectory. In Zambia, there is still a long way to go to avoid a sovereign default despite an agreement with a Chinese creditor to defer debt payments. And there are growing fears of violence surrounding this week’s elections in Tanzania and in Côte d’Ivoire.
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