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Its cancellation comes amid cooling enthusiasm in both Pakistan and Malaysia for Chinese loans backing large-scale infrastructure projects in recent months. But Sierra Leone’s decision is the first time an African government has canceled an already announced, major China-backed deal.
“After serious consideration and diligence, it is the government’s view that [it] is uneconomical to proceed with the construction of the new airport when the existing one is grossly under utilized,” said a letter from the country’s Transport and Aviation Ministry to the project’s director, published in local media.
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