UK Ministers accused of fiddling aid figures with ‘made-up money’

(Ekklesia, London, 30 December 2011) The Department for International Development admits that if the UK writes off export credit debt owed by Sudan, the money will be counted as aid. But critics point out that Sudan has made no repayments for 27 years and that nobody realistically expects them to do so. DFID made the admission in an email to the Jubilee Debt Campaign. The NGO calculates that cancellation of Sudan’s debt could account for around 7% of the UK’s aid budget.