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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed

Quarter of a billion people now face extreme poverty, warns Oxfam

A queue of people with jerry cans
People queue for paraffin in Sri Lanka. Indebted governments are cutting public spending to meet the rising cost of importing fuel and food. Photograph: Rebecca Conway/Getty

The rising price of food caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and increased energy costs could push a quarter of a billion more people into extreme poverty, Oxfam has warned.

The charity said these new challenges had piled on to the economic crises created by Covid, and called for urgent international action, including cancelling debt repayments for poorer countries.

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