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On Day One, Africa Action is asking the President to implement comprehensive debt cancellation to the African continent. Right now, the African people are paying back some $300 billion in debt, often accrued by dictators that we funded to pursue our interests, not those of the African people. Debt cancellation will not eliminate poverty, but it will be a powerful step by the U.S. government, and it will give poor people across the continent a fighting chance and a future.