THE Civil Society Organisation’s – CSO Debt Alliance says the protest by some activists in the United States for BlackRock to cancel Zambia’s debt are in order, and that the participating organisations are friends of Zambia. On Wednesday, some activists from Friends of the Congo, ANSWER Coalition, Friends of Swazi Freedom, Black Men Build and People’s Forum protested at BlackRock headquarters in New York City demanding that it cancels Zambia’s debt. In a video making rounds on social media, some protestors labelled BlackRock as a vulture fund that was trying to strangle Zambia. “To all of the comrades in Zambia who are struggling with the Socialist Party of Zambia and other mass organisations, we send all of our solidarity here...

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