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Meanwhile, the total trade volume between the two countries during the same period hit 12.895 billion dollars, with a 10 percent annual increase, according to Han Bing, minister counselor for commercial affairs of the Chinese embassy in Egypt.

Chinese creditors have already granted Angola a three-year debt relief, which will enable the country to get more than $700 million in its next tranche of IMF (International Monetary Fund) financing in the coming days, according to the finance minister Vera Daves.

The FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index advanced 1% as of 4:07 p.m. in Johannesburg, extending its gains this week to more than 7%, showing the best performance over the first five trading sessions of the year since 1999.