Creditor Feud Stymies Nations Choked by Debt: Next Africa

An engraving plate and bundle of dollar bills at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas.

Photographer: Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg

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African debt holes are proving hard to escape.