Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Loan deal to give Mozambique 85 pct of Cahora Bassa

(Reuters) - Two European banks will lend Mozambique $700 million so that it can pay off a colonial-era debt to Portugal and take a majority stake in the giant Cahora Bassa hydro-electric dam (HCB), the Energy Ministry said on Tuesday.

France's Calyon Bank and Portugal's BPI will lend Mozambique the money to repay the Portuguese government for building the Zambezi river dam during its colonial rule over the southern African country, a ministry news release said.


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