Sub-Saharan Africa:Region faces recession for first time in 25 years

13 Apr 2020

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak has set off the first recession in the Sub-Saharan Africa region in 25 years, with growth forecast at -5.1% in 2020 from a modest 2.4% in 2019, according to the latest Africa's Pulse, the World Bank's bi-annual analysis of the state of the region's economies.

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