牛で多額の債務を返済、アンゴラにチャドの牛１０００頭超が到着

【ルアンダＡＦＰ＝時事】アフリカ中部のチャドに多額の資金を融資しているアンゴラで、債務返済をめぐる取り決めに基づき、牛1000頭超の一団がチャドから新たに到着した。アンゴラ政府当局者が20日、明らかにした。（写真は資料写真）
　アフリカ大陸の内陸部に位置するチャドは、石油収入がありながら貧困にあえいでおり、２０１７年にアンゴラから１億ドル（約１１０億円）を借り入れた。
　アンゴラは、自国における牛肉産業の発展を後押しするため、債務の返済として牛７万５０００頭を２０２０年から５年にわたりチャドから受け取ることで合意した。
　アンゴラ農業省の獣医課長によると、１か月前にチャドから最初に牛の一団が到着して以降、アンゴラには計４５００頭の牛が届けられたという。
　チャドにとって家畜は、石油に次いで２番目に大きな輸出収入源となっている。
　一方のアンゴラは、石油に依存する経済を多角化する取り組みの一環として、畜産業の復活に注力しており、今回の取引はアンゴラにとっても好都合なものとなっている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/04/22-13:10）

Angola has received a herd of more than 1,000 cattle from Chad, a government official said Monday, the latest shipment of an unusual debt repayment deal.
The landlocked central African country, impoverished despite its oil revenues, contracted a $100 million (92-million-euro) debt with Angola in 2017.
As repayment, Angola agreed to take 75,000 cattle, for delivery over five years from 2020, to help it develop its beef industry.
This consignment comprises 1,176 head of cattle. They have been placed in quarantine in the town of Quiminha, from where they will be transported to their final destination after inspection, Ditutala Lucas Simao, veterinary services chief in the agriculture ministry, told AFP.
Since the first batch arrived a month ago, Angola has taken delivery of 4,500 cattle, said Simao.
After oil, livestock is Chad's second largest source of export earnings.
The deal works well for Angola, which is keen to revive its livestock farming sector as part of efforts to diversify the oil-dependent economy.
The second largest crude producer in sub-Saharan Africa spends $350 million each year to import meat for its 30 million people.
The Angolan government has launched a programme to turn the Camabatela plateau (straddling three provinces in the north of the country) into a cattle-breeding and meat-production belt, said Simao.
Angola is in the throes of a deep economic crisis since the 2014 drop in oil prices.
The coronavirus has only added to its woes. The economy is expected to contract by 1.4 percent this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).