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17 April 2020
https://the-latest.news/
The COVID-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and dangers pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, and the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said on Friday, calling for a $100 billion safety net for the continent. Africa’s 54 countries have reported fewer than 20,000 confirmed cases of this disease, only a fraction of the more than two million cases reported globally...
17 April 2020
www.time24.news
The covid-19 pandemic is likely to kill at least 300,000 Africans and threaten to push 29 million into extreme poverty, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said on Friday, calling for progress with aid $ 100 billion for the continent.
17 April 2020
www.cameroon-info.net
Dans un nouveau rapport sur le Coronavirus, la CEA prévoit des conséquences socio-économiques dramatiques et lance un appel à la communauté internationale pour soutenir l’Afrique.
17 April 2020
https://weetracker.com
Before the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Africa was trying to stand on its feet in a variety of ways. Not only was the continent financially unprepared, its weak health systems have now proven somewhat inefficient to tackle to crisis.
17 April 2020
www.emergency-live.com
Environ 300,000 19 Africains pourraient perdre la vie à cause de COVIDXNUMX, c'est ce que la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (CEA) a rapporté le 16 avril 2020. Sans mesures d'intervention adéquates, les estimations montrent que le nombre de morts pourrait atteindre 3.3 millions d'Africains en raison de la propagation de la pandémie. Dans certaines...
17 April 2020
www.newtimes.co.rw
A new report, titled COVID-19: Protecting African Lives and Economies, notes that partnerships are critical in the continent’s effort to fight the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
17 April 2020
https://news.yahoo.com
The COVID-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, a United Nations agency said on Friday.
17 April 2020
www.politico.eu
Africa was supposed to be China’s new stomping grounds. Instead, the novel coronavirus has spawned a growing backlash that threatens to unwind the ties Beijing has carefully cultivated over decades.
17 April 2020
www.jpost.com
The COVID-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said on Friday, calling for a $100 billion safety net for the continent.
17 April 2020
https://af.reuters.com
Africa can still contain the outbreak of the COVID-19 respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus, a senior World Health Organization official said on Friday.
17 April 2020
www.voanews.com
Africa could see 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus this year even under the best-case scenario, according to a new report released Friday that cites modeling from Imperial College London.
17 April 2020
www.thehindu.com
Under the worst-case scenario with no interventions against the virus, the continent could witness 3.3 million deaths and 1.2 billion infections, the report by the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa notes.
17 April 2020
https://africa.cgtn.com
The COVID-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said on Friday, calling for a $100 billion safety net for the continent.
17 April 2020
www.ghanaweb.com
Without adequate intervention measures, estimates show that between 300,000 and 3.3 million African people could lose their lives due to Coronavirus, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said in a report on Friday.
17 April 2020
www.china.org.cn
More than 300,000 people in Africa could lose their lives due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said in a report on Friday.
17 April 2020
www.ezega.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in a new report on the coronavirus pandemic, says over 300,000 Africans could lose their lives due to COVID-19.
17 April 2020
https://akhbarelyom.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa appreciated that more than 300,000 Africans could lose their lives due to the Corona virus 19, while the pandemic continues to affect the troubled economies of the continent whose growth is expected to slow from 2.3% to 1.8% in the best Scenario, what drives nearly 27 million people into extreme poverty. [...]
17 April 2020
www.ft.com
This week’s G20 deal to suspend debt repayments for the world’s poorest countries falls far short of what is needed and ignores the plight of many other developing economies which are also struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, according to a growing number of critics.
17 April 2020
www.bloomberg.com
The coronavirus pandemic could kill 300,000 people in Africa this year, even with assertive government measures to limit social interactions, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
17 April 2020
https://apnews.com
Africa could see 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus this year even under the best-case scenario, according to a new report released Friday that cites modeling from Imperial College London.
17 April 2020
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net
Africa could see 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus even under the best-case scenario, according to a new report that cites modeling by the Imperial College London.
17 April 2020
www.themalaysianinsight.com
FORECASTS show that without adequate intervention, between 300,000 and 3.3 million Africans could die from coronavirus, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said in a report today, Anadolu Agency reported.
17 April 2020
https://afrique.latribune.fr
Dans son nouveau rapport sur la pandémie de coronavirus publié aujourd'hui, la Commission économique de l'ONU pour l’Afrique (CEA) affirme qu’il se peut que jusqu'à 3 millions d'Africains perdent la vie à cause de la maladie. un chiffre qui rappelle notamment la nécessite de suivre à la lettre le protocole de prévention de l'OMS et des autorités sanitaires des Etats du...
17 April 2020
https://aip.ci/
Plus de 300 000 africains pourraient perdre la vie à cause de la pandémie du nouveau coronavirus (COVID-19), selon un rapport de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA-ONU), basée à Addis-Abeba.
17 April 2020
https://mobile.ghanaweb.com
Without adequate intervention measures, estimates show that between 300,000 and 3.3 million African people could lose their lives due to Coronavirus, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said in a report on Friday.