from Chad as
payment of a $100 million debt from the cash-poor north central African
country.
The cattle will be delivered over the next 10 years as repayment for the 2017 debt.
Local
news report said the first installment of 1,000 cows has
already arrived in Angola’s capital Luanda and has been delivered to the
Ministry of Agriculture.
Another shipment of 3,500 heads of cattle is expected later this month.
Reports say the agreement works for both sides because Chad is short of money and Angola needs cattle.
Angola is a
southern African country rich in oil, but still struggling to recover
from the ravages of the protracted civil war following 1975 independence
from Portugal. Parts of Angola are prone to droughts that
kill its cattle.
Chad is
a landlocked north central African country with an abundance of
livestock. While oil is its top exports, the former French colony also
exports cattle.
VOA