African Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina and Mozambique's ex-president Joaquim Chissano, are leading efforts to help Zimbabwe re-engage with the West to clear its $8.3 billion bilateral and multilateral debt.
HARARE - Zimbabwe's upcoming presidential election and compensation of white farmers whose land was seized two decades ago are key to efforts to restructure its crippling debt, the African development bank chief said Monday.
Rights groups and opposition parties have complained of a clampdown ahead of elections, whose date is yet to be set. Chissano and Adesina last week met members of the US Congress, State Department, Treasury among other agencies to discuss Zimbabwe.
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