
World Bank cuts 2024 growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa over Sudan
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FILE - Women with children wait in the shade to receive medical care outside the Italian Paediatric Hospital in Port Sudan on Oct. 8, 2024.
The World Bank said on Monday it had lowered its economic growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa this year to 3% from 3.4%, mainly due to the destruction of Sudan's economy in a civil war.
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