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40m more Africans face risk of extreme poverty due to corona

From the 23,000 people polled, 55 per cent cited access to income and employment as their greatest concern. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

The Covid-19 pandemic has the potential to push over 40 million more people in Africa into extreme poverty, new research shows.

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