- poverty levels rise for the first time in 20 years and life expectancy fall.
A cocktail of crises including famine, climate change, conflicts are could affect more people globally in 2021, UN
A ccording to officials at the United Nations, a “catastrophic” combination of Covid-19, climate change and conflict could see record numbers of people go hungry, dip into extreme povertyand be forcibly displaced in 2021.
Officials warned the outlook for this year was the “darkest and bleakest ever seen”.
By January27, 2021, coronavirus pandemic has infected 100M people (100,000,000), killed 2.15M people and a total of 55.3M (55,300,000) cases have recovered from the disease, a cross the globe.
The UN is in fears the continuing loss of lives, shutting down countries, closing borders, hitting economies and pushing health systems to the brink could see catastrophic global famine in the coming months, poverty levels rise for the first time in 20 years and life expectancy fall.
With over 70% of people living in extreme poverty, Africa is likely to be the most hit continent, UN officials said.
Poverty in Africa is heavily concentrated in a few countries. Over 70 percent of the region’s poor people live in just 10countries—Nigeria, D.R. Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Madagascar, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, and Malawi top the list of most poverty stricken countries in the sub Saharan Africa.
