Nigerian banks played hardball over Afren debt — and won

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Nigerian banks played hardball over Afren debt — and won

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Afren, the troubled oil exploration company, has avoided imminent bankruptcy with a $200m lifeline credit facility. The money injection follows a tense restructuring process in which two Nigerian banks dictated terms to a group of global financial giants, writes Olivier Holmey.

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