Cameroon PM denounces "debt trap" allegation against Chinese loans

Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute (2nd R, front) visits the construction site of a China-funded water plant in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, Aug. 7, 2019. Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute denounced here Wednesday the "debt trap" allegation against Chinese loans by some western media outlets. "Cameroon is a sovereign country ... It is no other person's business. We do exactly what we have to do to develop our country," Ngute told Xinhua while visiting the construction site of a China-funded water plant. The project, located on the outskirts of Cameroon's capital Yaounde, was launched in late 2016 and is expected to be completed in late 2019. (Photo by Jean Pierre Kepseu/Xinhua)