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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 »