A significant number of African HIPCs continue to face serious difficulties in meeting their external debt service obligations, and several have returned to unsustainable debt levels even after graduating from the HIPC Initiative;
大量的非洲重债穷国在偿付外债方面继续面临着严重的困难，一些国家甚至在脱离了重债穷国倡议以后又回到了不可持续的债务水平。