As a domestic worker, Amsale Hailemariam had an inside view of a richer lifestyle in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. But the coronavirus has cost the single mother even that meagre living, putting that world even further out of her reach. "We are staying at home and we've stopped going out so that we don't get infected. "We are living in a state where we are above the dead and below the living. More than 736 million people worldwide are already in extreme poverty, half of them in just five countries – Bangladesh, India and three African nations Congo, Nigeria and Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News August 10, 2020 15:00 UTC