Roundup: UNECA says impacts of COVID-19, Ukraine crisis hamper Africa's progress

ADDIS ABABA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine crisis have mired Africa's progress across a wide range of development sectors, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has said.

This came at the expert's segment of the 55th Session of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (CoM2023), where practical and innovative ways to accelerate inclusive economic transformation in Africa took center stage, the UNECA said in a statement issued late Friday.