World Bank gives extra 650 million dollars for Ebola-hit West Africa

  • 2/5/2023
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Washington, Jumada II 28, 1436, Apr 17, 2015, SPA -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are set to receive an additional 650 million dollars during the next 18 months to help them cope in the wake of the devastating Ebola outbreak, the World Bank pledged Friday. According to dpa, a blend of grants and zero-interest loans based on each West African country's fiscal condition, the latest pledge brings the World Bank's total Ebola response and recovery financing to 1.62 billion dollars. "The epidemic is not over. The world must not let up," World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said during a meeting Friday in Washington with the presidents of the three countries, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and representatives from other international organizations and donor countries. --SPA 19:37 LOCAL TIME 16:37 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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