FOLLOWING on the heels of calls for debt cancellation of Ebola affected countries in West Africa, former Regional Director (Africa) of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Mr. Bunmi Makinwa, described the call as welcome and proper, but was quick to elaborate that Ebola is just one of the serious symptoms affecting these countries, which are unlikely to go away even if the deadly virus stops.
Recently, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, called on the international community to consider debt cancellation for Ebola-affected countries, saying this would create the right conditions for recovery in their post-crisis phase.
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