Showing posts with label $6bn aid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label $6bn aid. Show all posts

Friday, April 17, 2015

Ebola-hit nations want $6bn aid, debts cancelled

The Ebola-stricken nations of West Africa are asking international donors to cancel their debts and give them 6 billion dollars over two years to rebuild their economies, devastated by the deadly disease.

Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bai Koroma, said on Friday in Washington that the waver and the financial assistance were become imperative.

"Our social services are ruined; our economies have halted; we need a real marshall plan to take us out of the woods," he said.