Rich Nations Courted by Zimbabwe Non-Committal on $2.6 Billion Bridge Finance
Zimbabwe hasn't received any concrete commitments of financial support from 10 nations it appealed to for help in its long-standing efforts to clear debt arrears.
'Some of them are very warm, some of them not so warm,' Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said Friday in an interview in Abidjan, the commercial capital of Ivory Coast, where he is attending the annual meetings of the African Development Bank. 'You will get a varied response.'
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