Sovereign Debt

Forty First Sovereign Debt News Update: The Making and Marring Effect of Multilateral Loans

The African Sovereign Debt Justice Network brings to you an update of African sovereign debt news and updates on events and happenings on and about Africa that reveal how sovereign debt issues are engaged by the various stakeholders.

Fortieth Sovereign Debt News Update: Projections and Perceptions of International Institutions on African Economies

The African Sovereign Debt Justice Network brings to you an update of African sovereign debt news and updates on events and happenings on and about Africa that reveal how sovereign debt issues are engaged by the various stakeholders.

Statement in Support of Ghana’s Ministry of Finance Response to Moody’s Downgrades: Credit Rating Agencies Should Suspend Downgrades Until the Pandemic is Over

The African Sovereign Debt Justice Network (AfSDJN), is a coalition of citizens, scholars, civil society actors and church groups committed to exposing the adverse impact of unsustainable levels of African sovereign debt on the lives of ordinary citizens, fully supports the February 6th Statement by the Ghanaian Ministry of Finance protesting Moody’s downgrades to CAA1 of Ghana’s Long-Term Issuer and Senior Unsecured Bond Ratings.

Mali Defaults on Bond Payments amid Regional Sanctions

Marking the first African sovereign debt default in the year 2022, UMOA-Titres, the West African market for government securities announced that Mali reneged on its obligation to service treasury bonds that matured on January 2022 in the value of the 15.6 billion CFA francs ($26.6 million). This is only one of a number of treasury bonds default projected to be in the total sum of over $31 million.

Thirty Eighth Sovereign Debt News Update: Africa’s Bilateral and Multilateral Lenders in Context

The African Sovereign Debt Justice Network brings to you an update of African sovereign debt news and updates on events and happenings on and about Africa that reveal how sovereign debt issues are engaged by the various stakeholders.

Thirty Ninth Sovereign Debt News Update: Kenya, Chad and Congo in Context

The African Sovereign Debt Justice Network brings to you an update of African sovereign debt news and updates on events and happenings on and about Africa that reveal how sovereign debt issues are engaged by the various stakeholders.

Webinar: “Prepare the Future”: Unblocking Global Finance for Post-COVID-19 Recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Africa Task Force of the Vatican Covid-19 Commission hosted by the Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network-Africa (JENA) brings together eminent experts: Professor Jeffrey Sachs from Columbia University, Professor James Gathii from Loyola University Chicago (LUC), Marta Pedrajas, Economy Task Force - Vatican COVID-19 Commission and Professor Horman Chitonge from the University of Cape Town (UCT) to offer suggestions in regard to what the international community can do to establish a more just international financial order that can unblock the flow of global funds to Sub-Saharan African and other developing countries that need it.