Caritas Africa joined faith leaders in calling for debt relief for African countries during the G20 summit in South Africa. Source: The Tablet.
The signatories to the statement issued after the conclusion of the two-day summit in Johannesburg on Sunday said that African countries are using money that should go towards education and health to service ever-growing debt to international lenders.
It followed pleas by faith leaders and other international pressure groups for relief for highly indebted countries, which are using scarce resources to service what they call a vicious cycle of…