U.S. Urges IMF To Cancel $100M In Debt Owed By Ebola-Stricken West African Nations

Reuters: U.S. urges IMF to cancel debt of Ebola-stricken countries
“The United States on Tuesday proposed that the International Monetary Fund write off some $100 million in debt it is owed by Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to free up more resources for those countries, the hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak…” (Yukhananov, 11/11).

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