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Britain cancels an estimated US $73 million in Zambian debt

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    Britain has cancelled about US $73 million owed by Zambia and rescheduled the repayment of an estimated US $100 million in debt to 2023, PANA reported on Thursday. Zambia's current external debts stand at an estimated US $6 billion. "There is widespread recognition that the burden of Zambia's debt is no longer sustainable and that something should be done about it," British High Commissioner to Zambia, Thomas Young, was quoted as saying on Thursday in Lusaka during the signing ceremony of the two packages. He added that his government had joined other nations in pressing for more generous debt repayment terms for Zambia and other African countries.

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