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Human Rights in Ireland
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Blair-era veteran Alan Milburn has reinvented himself as an unemployment tsar for Keir Starmer. It's just a pity, says Joanna Gray, that it's Milburn's own legacy that has left so many young people out of work.
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If competently prosecuted, President Trump?s Venezuela gambit presents the potential, at last, to turn Venezuela's oil from a curse on its people back into a blessing, says Dr Tilak Doshi.?
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offsite link Britain Signs Deal to Deploy Troops to Ukraine Tue Jan 06, 2026 19:52 | Will Jones
Britain has signed a deal to deploy boots on the ground in Ukraine as part of a proposed ceasefire deal backed for the first time by the US ? though the 'ultimate' Nato-style security guarantee is still not in place.
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Britain faces handing huge sums to the EU for better access to the single market under?Keir Starmer's 'Brexit betrayal' reset.
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Voltaire Network
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Somalia Leaders Call for Debt Cancellation

category international | economics and finance | press release author Friday April 12, 2019 04:06author by Kate Zeller - Jubilee USA Network Report this post to the editors

In Somalia, 60 percent of the 15 million person population lives in extreme poverty. According to the United Nations Development Programme almost 10 million people live in extreme poverty or close to poverty in Somalia while the war-torn African nation wrestles with a $4.6 billion debt. On Friday, Somalia's Finance Minister Abdirahman Beileh will call for debt cancellation for humanitarian assistance.

In Somalia, 60 percent of the 15 million person population lives in extreme poverty. According to the United Nations Development Programme almost 10 million people live in extreme poverty or close to poverty in Somalia while the war-torn African nation wrestles with a $4.6 billion debt. On Friday, Somalia's Finance Minister Abdirahman Beileh will call for debt cancellation for humanitarian assistance.

"In the face of such terrible suffering, Somalia's debt must be eliminated as soon as possible," noted Jubilee USA Executive Director Eric LeCompte who serves on United Nations debt expert groups. "Eliminating Somalia's debt means an immediate investment to reduce extreme poverty in the country."

Somalia owes more than $4.6 billion in debt. The United States, France, Italy, the IMF and World Bank hold the highest levels of Somalia debt.

"Humanitarian concerns and global political will are coming together to relieve Somalia's debt," stated LeCompte. "The situation is so extreme in Somalia and we need immediate debt relief."

On Friday morning Somalia's Finance Minister, Jubilee USA head - Eric LeCompte, the African Development Bank and Save Somali Women and Children will participate in the forum at the US Institute of Peace. American Friends Service Committee, the Somalia NGO Consortium, Somalia Working Group, Jubilee USA Network and the African Faith and Justice Network are sponsoring the event. 

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