Debt relief for Haiti

The Executive Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund has approved immediate debt relief to Haiti and 24 other countries.

Haiti was the lone Caribbean country to get immediate debt relief from the Washington-based financial institution.

The other countries receiving debt relief, primarily in Africa, are: Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Island, Tajikistan, Togo, and Yemen.

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