Zim seeks French assistance for $1.3bn bridge loan

Bernard Mpofu ZIMBABWE is seeking assistance from France to secure a $1.3bn bridge loan facility from the G7 countries to settle World Bank arrears as the government tries to clear its debt to external creditors. High-level sources told the Business Times on Tuesday that when Finance Minister Prof Mthuli Ncube met Guillaume Chabert, the French assistant secretary for multilateral affairs, recently, he…






