China pushes smaller, smarter loans to Africa to shield from risks
Voice of America
Senegal's Foreign Minister Yassine Fall, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Republic of the Congo's Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso shake hands after a press conference in Beijing, Sept. 5, 2024. In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sept. 2, 2024.
China's years of splashing cash on big-ticket infrastructure projects in Africa may be over, analysts say, with Beijing seeking to shield itself from risky, indebted partners on the continent as it grapples with a slowing economy at home.
Pope Francis leaves after leading a holy mass at Tasitolu park in Dili, East Timor, Sept. 10, 2024. Pope Francis holds a news conference aboard the papal plane on his flight back after his 12-day journey across Southeast Asia and Oceania, Sept. 13, 2024. Pope Francis, left, meets with indigenous people at the Holy Trinity Humanistic School in Baro, near Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 8, 2024. Pope Francis receives a gift from the Archbishop of Dili Cardinal Virgilio do Carmo da Silva at the end of a votive mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen he presided over in Tasitolu, some 8 kilometers west of Dili, East Timor, Sept. 10, 2024. In this handout photograph taken on Sept. 13, 2024 and released by Vatican Media, Pope Francis (C) takes part in an interreligious meeting with young people at the Catholic Junior College in Singapore.
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