The Star quotes Eric LeCompte on the need for improved debt relief and aid processes. Read an excerpt below, or the full article here.
African religious leaders raise concern over increase in public debt
By Wycliff Kipsang
Faith leaders in Africa have become increasingly vocal as the continent faces the effects of multiple crises.
“We have allowed a divorce between traditional economic approaches and spiritual values,” Sheikh Ibrahim Lethome, of the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims, said.
“As faith leaders, we have a role in guiding our communities so they can make those connections," he added.
The faith leaders called for responsible lending and borrowing principles, debt contract clauses that share climate and other risks and additional sources of finance that do not create debt in order to prevent new high indebtedness cycles.
“While we have moved forward critical debt relief and aid, we still need improvements in debt relief and aid processes,” Eric LeCompte, executive director of the religious development organisation Jubilee USA Network and a co-organiser of the convening of African leaders, said.
Jena is a diverse community of faith-inspired Jesuit NGOs working towards an Africa where people can unlock their full potential, free from direct, cultural and structural violence.
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