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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Zambia\u2019s government has asked its external creditors to provide debt relief amounting to $8.4 billion for the period 2022-25, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The IMF program published Tuesday is the first time the fund provides details on the level of debt relief it has asked Zambia to negotiate as a precondition for a $1.3 billion bailout its board approved last week.<\/p>\n

The IMF said \u201csome additional debt relief\u201d was also needed for the period 2026-31, without giving details. Zambia\u2019s overall public debt stood at 126% of GDP last year and was expected to decline to 104.7% by the end of 2025, the IMF said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Zambia\u2019s government has asked its external creditors to provide debt relief amounting to $8.4 billion for the period 2022-25, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. The IMF program published Tuesday is the first time the fund provides details on the level of debt relief it has asked Zambia to negotiate as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8,16],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-30868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nZambia Seeks $8.4 Billion in Debt Relief Under IMF Bailout - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zambia\u2019s government has asked its external creditors to provide debt relief amounting to $8.4 billion for the period 202 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-seeks-8-4-billion-in-debt-relief-under-imf-bailout\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zambia Seeks $8.4 Billion in Debt Relief Under IMF Bailout\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zambia\u2019s government has asked its external creditors to provide debt relief amounting to $8.4 billion for the period 202 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-seeks-8-4-billion-in-debt-relief-under-imf-bailout\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-09T19:30:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-09T19:49:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_14-631b98b37787a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"404\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-seeks-8-4-billion-in-debt-relief-under-imf-bailout#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-seeks-8-4-billion-in-debt-relief-under-imf-bailout\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zambia Seeks $8.4 Billion in Debt Relief Under IMF Bailout\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-09T19:30:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-09T19:49:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-seeks-8-4-billion-in-debt-relief-under-imf-bailout\"},\"wordCount\":124,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-seeks-8-4-billion-in-debt-relief-under-imf-bailout#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_14-631b98b37787a.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-seeks-8-4-billion-in-debt-relief-under-imf-bailout#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-seeks-8-4-billion-in-debt-relief-under-imf-bailout\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-seeks-8-4-billion-in-debt-relief-under-imf-bailout\",\"name\":\"Zambia Seeks $8.4 Billion in Debt Relief Under IMF Bailout - 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