Britain has today announced the allocation of $50 million to a new fund set by International Monetary Fund (IMF) to extend a lifeline to West African countries which were hit by Ebola so as enable them to service their debts save lives.
British finance minister George Osborne today unveiled the donation in support of The IMF-run Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust, which was launched last week to help Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone cope with their IMF debt service payments for the next two years.