Debt-laden African countries charged 'extortionate' rates, U.N. chief says
African countries are getting a raw deal from the international financial system which charges them "extortionate" interest rates, the U.N. chief said on Saturday, as he announced $250 million in crisis funding, including for famine risk on the continent.
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