Poorer nations seeing slow development after covid - UN report

The 10 countries with the lowest human development were Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Yemen, Burundi, Mali, Chad, Niger, Central African Republic, South Sudan and Somalia.

Nunay Mohamed, 25, holds her one-year old malnourished child at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia (AP)

Poorer nations are seeing conditions deteriorating as they bounce back slower from the covid-19 pandemic, according to a report from the United Nations Development Programme.

Agency head Achim Steiner said that after two decades during which rich and poor countries were coming closer in terms of development, the finding is “a very strong warning signal” that nations are now drifting apart.