Ghana is eligible for U.S. debt relief

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 - Ghana is among 36 heavily indebted countries that are eligible for U.S. debt relief, the White House said on Wednesday.

They are:

Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Nicaragua, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.

U.S. officials said four countries, Liberia, Somalia, Sudan and Myanmar, might have problems qualifying because of ineffective governments.