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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
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.physiciansweekly.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
https://uk.reuters.com
U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said on Friday that at least 300,000 Africans would die due to the pandemic and tens of millions were at risk of being pushed into extreme poverty.
17 April 2020
https://wfuv.org
So far, countries on the African continent have largely managed to dodge the brunt of the coronavirus. Even as the global pandemic has besieged medical centers in the U.S. and Western Europe, with a total death toll north of 100,000 in those regions, all of Africa's confirmed cases number in the thousands — most of which remain concentrated in just a handful of North African nations.
17 April 2020
www.downtoearth.org.in
Africa could have 1.2 billion infections due to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and lose 3.3 million lives, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) released on April 17, 2020.
17 April 2020
https://finance.yahoo.com
Calls for the world’s poorest countries to be given debt relief so they can use their scarce resources to fight the coronavirus pandemic are getting louder.
17 April 2020
www.upi.com
More than 300,000 people in Africa could end up dying from the coronavirus disease if measures aren't taken to protect them, according to a new United Nations analysis.
17 April 2020
www.dailymail.co.uk
Africa could see anywhere between 300,000 and 3.3 million deaths due to coronavirus, according to the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
17 April 2020
www.bbc.com
UN officials also say it is likely the pandemic will kill at least 300,000 people in Africa and push nearly 30 million into poverty.
17 April 2020
https://punchng.com
This is as the pandemic continues to impact on the continent’s struggling economies whose growth is expected to slow down from 3.2 per cent to 1.8 per cent in a best-case scenario.
17 April 2020
https://thenationonlineng.net
This is as the pandemic continues to impact on the continent’s struggling economies whose growth is expected to slow down from 3.2 per cent to 1.8 per cent in a best-case scenario.
17 April 2020
https://nnn.com.ng
This is as the pandemic continues to impact on the continent’s struggling economies whose growth is expected to slow down from 3.2 per cent to 1.8 per cent in a best-case scenario.
17 April 2020
www.lepoint.fr
Détentrice de 40 % de la dette africaine, la Chine peut impacter dans un sens ou un autre la manière dont l'Afrique va traverser l'actuelle crise économique.
17 April 2020
www.tap.info.tn
أديس أبابا، إثيوبيا، 17أفريل (وات) - في تقرير جديد لها عن جائحة فايروس كورونا، تقول اللجنة الاقتصادية لأفريقيا إن أكثر من 300.000 أفريقي قد يفقدون حياتهم بسبب فيروس كورونا 19 وفق بيان تلقت وكالة تونس افرقيا للأنباء اليوم نسخة منهواشار التقرير الى...
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17 April 2020
www.upi.com
More than 300,000 people in Africa could end up dying from the coronavirus disease if measures aren't taken to protect them, according to a new United Nations analysis.
17 April 2020
www.nessma.tv
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), relevant de l’ONU, a lancé, ce vendredi 17 avril 2020, son rapport sur « l’impact du Covid-19 ».
17 April 2020
french.xinhuanet.com
Plus de 300.000 personnes en Afrique pourraient perdre la vie en raison de l'épidémie de COVID-19, a déclaré vendredi la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (CEA) dans un rapport.
17 April 2020
www.leconomistemaghrebin.com
La Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) affirme qu’il se peut que 300 000 Africains périssent à cause du Covid-19. Cette pandémie qui continue d’avoir un impact sur les économies en difficulté du continent. Et ce, dans son rapport intitulé : « Covid-19: protéger les vies et les économies africaines« , publié en ligne aujourd’hui.
Sans protection adéquate, le Covid-19 pourrait tuer 300.000 Africains cette année
17 April 2020
Dans le meilleur des cas, « il se peut que 300.000 Africains perdent la vie à cause de la maladie », relève l’agence onusienne dans un nouveau rapport sur la pandémie présenté virtuellement vendredi à Addis Abeba (Ethiopie).
17 April 2020
www.egypttoday.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
www.youm7.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.aa.com.tr
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa has warned that between 300,000 and 3.3 million people will die in the continent if the necessary measures are not taken in the face of the Corona pandemic.
This came in a report prepared by the committee on the effects of the pandemic on economic and social life, in which it stated that the negative effects of the epidemic are inevitable even if...