CHINA is to write off $18,6-million owed by Zanzibar in an effort to help boost the economy of Tanzania’s semi-autonomous off-shore state. The decision was announced during a meeting at State House here between a Chinese delegation and Zanzibar President Amani Karume. Karume said “the writing-off of this debt is a great relief to our country,” and appealed to other countries to follow the example. Karume said the debt burden was crippling the developing world and had become unbearable. – AFP
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