India, March 5 -- Debt interest payments taking away large portion of revenue thatcould help achieve Sustainable Development Goals

Africa's debt crisis is high on the agenda of the meeting of the continent's finance ministers taking place in Zimbabwe, as it is seen increasingly taking the scant resources that could be channelled towards development programmes.

The finance, planning and economic development ministers from the 54 countries in the continent gathered for a weeklong meeting in the resort town of Victoria Falls see sovereign debt as one of the biggest crises facing the continent.

The ministers said debt interest payments are taking away a large portion of revenue that ought to be going towards development efforts that includ...