Covid-19 pushed 55 mn Africans into extreme poverty in 2020: UN Report

The disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic pushed an estimated 55 million Africans into extreme poverty in 2020 and reversed more than two decades of poverty reduction in Africa, said a report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The report with the theme 'Fight against poverty and vulnerability in Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic', was issued by the ECA during the 54th session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.