Ethiopia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Renews Urgent Plea for African Debt Relief

Ethiopia’s envoy to the United States, Fitsum Arega, used the occasion of the United Nations 75th anniversary to renew a plea for urgent African debt relief that was first issued by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on March 24th.

Prime Minister Abiy was the first African leader to sound the alarm over the burgeoning debt crisis in Africa brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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