Meloni offers climate-linked debt relief to Africa

MILAN, Italy: Italy has proposed allowing African countries to suspend debt repayments when struck by extreme climate events, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said after talks with African leaders.

"Today, once again, we focused on an issue that is central for Africa, which is debt," Meloni said late on February 13 at the close of the second Italy–Africa meeting in Addis Ababa.

"We have launched a broa