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Shirika la Fedha Duniani (IMF) imeidhinisha msaada wa dharura kwa nchi 28 maskini zaidi ulimwenguni ili kuzisaidia kupunguza madeni na kukabiliana vyema na athari za janga la coronavirus.
Tangazo hilo ambalo limekuja baada ya lile la mwezi Aprili lililozilenga nchi 25, linakusudia kuzisaidia nchi hizo kulipia malipo yao ya deni kwa IMF kwa miezi sita ijayo na kusaidia katika matibabu na mapambano wakati wa janga la Coronavirus.
Nchi 28 zinazopokea sehemu ya pili ya misaada ni Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad, Comoro, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Msumbiji, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome na Principe, Sierra Leone, Visiwa vya Solomon, Tajikistan,
Tanzania, Togo na Yemen.
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The International Monetary Fund on Monday approved new emergency aid for 28 of the world's poorest countries to help them alleviate their debt and better cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The announcement, which follows a similar measure passed in mid-April for 25 countries, is intended to help the countries cover their debt repayments to the IMF for the next six months and "free up scarce financial resources for vital emergency medical and other relief efforts" during the pandemic.
The 28 countries receiving the second tranche of aid are Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, the Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo and Yemen.
Mali is also eligible for aid but has not yet been added to the list because "there is a lack of clarity as to whether the international community recognizes/deals with the current military regime as the government of Mali," the IMF said.
The debt relief is channeled through the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT), which enables the IMF to provide grants to the poorest and most vulnerable countries hit by a natural disaster or public health crisis.
Subject to sufficient resources in the CCRT, grants could be provided for a two-year period through mid-April 2022 for an estimated total amount of $959 million
The IMF's goal is to endow the CCRT with $1.4 billion so that it can also meet future needs.
To date, $506.5 million has been contributed by several countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway, China, Mexico, Sweden, Bulgaria, Luxembourg and Malta.
Source: The Citizen
