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Coronavirus – Ethiopia: ECA contributes awareness materials to aid Ethiopia’s fight against COVID-19
30 March 2020
www.cnbcafrica.com
The Economic Commission for Africa and the UN Communications Group last week handed over to the Government of Ethiopia, awareness materials to ensure ordinary citizens have access to timely and accurate information in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak.
30 March 2020
qz.com
There is now almost universal agreement among economists, think tanks, and policymakers that the global economy is heading into a recession due to the coronavirus health crisis. Nowhere is that more clear than in Africa.
30 March 2020
www.emaratalyoum.com
أفاد تقرير أصدرته اللجنة الاقتصادية لإفريقيا، التابعة للأمم المتحدة، بأن أسبوعين أو ثلاثة أسابيع تفصل القارة الإفريقية عن المرحلة الأسوأ في عاصفة فيروس كورونا المستجد، وأشارت إلى أن دول القارة بحاجة إلى خطة تحفيز اقتصادي طارئة بقيمة 100 مليار دولار لتعزيز التدابير الوقائية، ودعم الأنظمة الصحية الهشة بالقارة.
29 March 2020
www.bloomberg.com
Africa is two to three weeks away from the worst of the coronavirus storm and needs an emergency economic stimulus of $100 billion to bolster preventative measures and support its fragile healthcare systems, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
29 March 2020
www.businesslive.co.za
UN economic body says stimulus is needed urgently as the continent is two to three weeks from worst of outbreak
29 March 2020
www.biznews.com
Financial markets and the rand could be volatile as the news of a ratings downgrade is absorbed. The decision by Moody’s could not have come at a worse time, is the warning from Finance Minister Tito Mboweni.
29 March 2020
http://afrique.le360.ma
29 March 2020
https://aawsat.com
أفادت اللجنة الاقتصادية لأفريقيا، التابعة للأمم المتحدة، بأن أسبوعين أو ثلاثة أسابيع تفصل القارة الأفريقية عن المرحلة الأسوأ في عاصفة فيروس «كورونا»، وأشارت إلى أن دول القارة بحاجة إلى خطة تحفيز اقتصادي طارئة بقيمة مائة مليار دولار لتعزيز التدابير الوقائية ودعم الأنظمة الصحية الهشة بالقارة.
29 March 2020
www.mobtada.com
قالت اللجنة الاقتصادية لإفريقيا فى الأمم المتحدة، اليوم الأحد، إن أسبوعين أو ثلاثة أسابيع تفصل القارة الإفريقية عن المرحلة الأسوأ فى عاصفة فيروس كورونا، مؤكدة على أن دول القارة بحاجة إلى خطة تحفيز اقتصادى طارئة بقيمة مئة مليار دولار لتعزيز التدابير الوقائية ودعم الأنظمة الصحية الهشة بالقارة.
28 March 2020
www.thenational.ae
Not since our species first emerged out of Africa have we been so linked as one human family, sharing so many common opportunities and threats.
So, when world leaders met virtually as the G20 on Thursday to plan humanity’s global-scale Covid-19 fightback, it was in everyone's collective interest that Africa sat centrally within that strategy – central to the global health response, as...
28 March 2020
https://lapresse.tn
L’impact économique de la pandémie du COVID-19 qui sera très important à l’échelle mondiale et africaine, n’est pas encore quantifiable pour les pays de l’Afrique du Nord, a affirmé le Directeur par intérim du Bureau de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) en Afrique du Nord, Khaled Hussein.
28 March 2020
www.thereporterethiopia.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) disclosed that African states need an immediate emergency economic stimulus to the tune of USD 100 billion to address the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis.
28 March 2020
www.chretiens.info
La Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) a exhorté jeudi le Groupe des 20 (G20) à apporter sans tarder une réponse sanitaire et humaine et une relance économique d’urgence aux pays africains afin de soutenir leurs efforts dans la lutte contre la pandémie de COVID-19.
28 March 2020
www.voanews.com
A number of African economies are among the world’s fastest growing in recent years. However, analysts fear COVID-19, which was slow to arrive on the continent, will end that.
28 March 2020
www.press.et
COVID-19 is spreading in an alarming rate throughout the world. It is easy to guess the toll it would have once it spreads widely in developing countries in Africa.
27 March 2020
www.herald.co.zw
Every Zimbabwean has a role to play in protecting their families and communities against coronavirus, President Mnangagwa has said.
27 March 2020
https://afriqueactudaily.com
Face au Covid-19, les pays africains ont besoin de soutien pour se préparer à la crise sanitaire et aux retombées économiques. Selon la Commission économique des Nations-Unies pour l’Afrique (Cea), les mesures prises en Asie, Europe et Amérique du Nord telles que l’éloignement physique (social) et le lavage régulier des mains seront un défi particulier pour les pays avec une connectivité Internet...
27 March 2020
www.granma.cu
De a poco llega al continente africano la pandemia del coronavirus y junto a esto, comienzan las preocupaciones de los organismos internacionales por las consecuencias que pueda traer.
27 March 2020
www.press.et
Not since our species first emerged out of Africa have we been so linked as one human family, sharing so many common opportunities and threats. So, when world leaders meet virtually as the G20 today to plan humanity’s global COVID-19 fight back, it is in the interest of us all that Africa sits centrally within that strategy – central to the global health response, as well as the economic and jobs...
26 March 2020
french.china.org.cn
Alors que 180 pays et régions du monde combattent la pandémie de COVID-19, les pays africains ont adopté différentes mesures, allant du couvre-feu partiel à l'instauration de l'état d'urgence en passant par la coordination de leurs politiques financières, pour essayer d'endiguer la propagation rapide du coronavirus au continent et de mieux faire face aux éventuelles...
26 March 2020
allafrica.com
Not since our species first emerged out of Africa have we been so linked as one human family, sharing so many common opportunities and threats. So, when world leaders meet virtually as the G20 today to plan humanity’s global COVID-19 fightback, it is in the interest of us all that Africa sits centrally within that strategy – central to the global health response, as well as the economic and jobs...
26 March 2020
www.modernghana.com
Not since our species first emerged out of Africa have we been so linked as one human family, sharing so many common opportunities and threats.
26 March 2020
moneyandmarkets.co.ke
Not since our species first emerged out of Africa have we been so linked as one human family, sharing so many common opportunities and threats.