Sierra Leone: the debate on debt to China resurfaces during the president's visit to Beijing. The former government took out a $150 million loan from the Chinese company China Railway Seventh Group for the construction of a main road.
The loan, repayable over 25 years, must be paid with revenues from tolls erected on this road. President Julius Maada Bio even called it a “scam’ during his electoral campaign. The increase in toll rates in the midst of an economic crisis worries Mamoud Tarawallie, economist.