Sunday, April 5, 2020

AP: ‘Complete collapse of economies’ ahead as Africa faces virus - Few months from now get ready to tearfully welcome in the swarming covid-19 migrants--because, as Obama would say, That's who we are --tma



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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Some of Uganda’s poorest people used to work here, on the streets of Kampala, as fruit sellers sitting on the pavement or as peddlers of everything from handkerchiefs to roasted peanuts.
Now they’re gone and no one knows when they will return, victims of a global economic crisis linked to the coronavirus that could wipe out jobs for millions across the African continent, many who live hand-to-mouth with zero savings. ...