LONDON: Ratings agency Fitch downgraded Afreximbank to junk and ‍withdrew future ‍ratings - a final move in a relationship with the ​African lender that had become combative. "The bank's inclusion in Ghana's restructuring underlines its weakening policy importance, in our view," Fitch wrote. Fitch ⁠said the apparent hit ​taken in Ghana's debt restructuring raised the bank's risk profile to 'high risk' from 'medium'. Afreximbank, formally ‍known as the African Export-Import Bank, did not immediately reply to a ​request for comment. "We view this as evidence ‌that Afreximbank did not benefit from its preferred creditor status," Fitch wrote.