“It would also focus on the negative impacts on economies arising from climate change, pandemics, growing debt, and conflicts…,” said Zimbabwe’s finance minister.
Ugandan Minister of Health, Ruth Aceng, and several other officials attended the signing ceremony, local media reported.
According to the director, women and girls remain particularly vulnerable, and the continent is facing a potential reversal of the hard-won gains made on gender equity.
COVID-19 pandemic was said to have pushed additional 55 million Africans into extreme poverty, bringing the tally to 667 million.
