African religious leaders intensify calls for debt cancellation as part of the 2025 Jubilee year campaign

Inspired by the Biblical year of Jubilee – where debts are periodically cancelled and the land rested – religious leaders launched the Jubilee 2025 Africa debt cancellation in February with the aim of demanding economic justice Religious News/Fredrick Nzwili Religious leaders from Africa have intensified their call for cancellation of the continent’s crippling private debt and…

The Economic Cost of Debt Forgiveness on Nigeria

A major contributor to the success of Nigeria’s debt relief attempts in the 1980s to early 2000s rested on the fact that the creditor base was less fragmented than it is today. Moreover, private and bilateral creditors were hardly in the mix.   In 2004, 85.82 per cent of Nigeria’s sovereign debt was owed to the…

Ferguslie Advice Works drop-in sessions – free, confidential advice on money, debt, and benefits – Renfrewshire News

Pop-up events aim to boost benefit take-up and provide vital debt support to help the public deal with rising costs. Renfrewshire Council is supporting residents through a series of pop-up advice events across the area. The Advice Works team will be visiting libraries and community centres throughout May and early June to offer free, confidential…