Debts forgiven by years:

• 2005: Syria $9.7 billion , Ethiopia $1.1 billion
• 2006: Algeria 4.7 billion $
• 2007: Afghanistan 11.1 billion $
• 2008: Iraq $12 billion , Libya $4 billion
• 2010: Afghanistan $891 million, Mongolia $180 million
• 2012: North Korea 11 billion $
• 2013: Kyrgyzstan 500 million $
• 2014: cuba $30 billion
• 2015: Madagascar 88.9 million $
• 2016: Mongolia $ 172 million , Uzbekistan $865 million

etc. Debt forgiven actually happens every year, nothing new.