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Africa: There Are Signs of Hope for Ending Poverty, Even in a Pandemic - Report
allAfrica, 20 July 2020
The novel coronavirus threatens to reverse the gains made in the global struggle to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030 – but Sierra Leone offers hope that progress can be made… Read more »
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Africa: UN Relief Chief Urges G20 to Step Up to Avert 'Cascading Crises' in Fragile Countries
UN News, 17 July 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession are set to trigger the first increase in global poverty in three decades, pushing 265 million people to the point of starvation by the… Read more »
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UN News, 16 July 2020
The world was off track in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, even before the COVID-19 crisis erupted, but can get back on course by increasing investment… Read more »
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Africa: Hunger to Soar As Coronavirus Hits Lives and Jobs
WFP, 17 July 2020
A new report published today shows that people in some 25 countries are set to face devastating levels of hunger in coming months due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »
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Africa: The SDGs, COVID-19 and the Global South - Insights From the Sustainable Development Report 2020
IPS, 16 July 2020
COVID-19 has claimed more than 550,000 lives and disrupted the entire world, sparing no region. As of July 2020, the number of daily new confirmed cases and deaths due to COVID-19… Read more »
Ending Poverty is Possible Despite Covid-19 Pandemic - Study
Although Covid-19 could set back efforts to eliminate extreme poverty across the globe by anything between three and 10 years, there are signs of hope. The latest update of an international survey of poverty shows that Sierra Leone led the world in reducing poverty in recent years, despite being hit by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The survey, known as the Multi-dimensional Poverty Index, measures deprivation by taking into account people's access to needs such as safe water, education, electricity, food, housing, sanitation and education.
InFocus
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Beating poverty in Africa will require finely-tuned interventions to overcome the wide variety of factors hindering development, including targeted action in areas ranging from ... Read more »
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The UN Development Programme's latest Human Development Index shows that although Sub-Saharan African nations still dominate the list of the world's least developed countries, the ... Read more »
Elizabeth Anabu, centre, and Alice Tinsheme, first from right, having food vouchers verified in Lagos.
