IMF aid to Congo Republic on hold over Glencore, Trafigura impasse
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LONDON/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Talks to salvage a tentative $1.7 billion (£1.3 billion) debt restructuring between Congo Republic and energy traders Glencore and Trafigura [TRAFGF.UL] are stuck, sources said, jeopardising an International Monetary Fund bailout for the debt-hobbled nation.The IMF signed off in July on a $449 million, three-year lending programme to help the central African nation's ailing economy - but only $45 million has been disbursed with other funds subject to semi-annual..