Cameroon takes $ 743 mln China loan for water project

Yaounde, 16 Dec – (ANA) - Cameroon secured a 366 billion CFA franc loan from the Export-Import Bank of China to fund a water distribution project, the government has said.

The programme will reach 2 million people in the capital city Yaounde and villages along the pipeline, marking a significant infrastructure boost for the central African state in which the United Nations says only half the 19.5 million population have access to clean water.

The project should begin in January, Water and Energy Minister Michael Tomdio said on state radio. (ANA)

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