More than 250m people could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2022 – Oxfam

Surge in global food prices, ongoing impact of Covid and rising global inequality threaten the poorest

More than a quarter of a billion people around the world could be pushed into extreme poverty this year amid a surge in global food prices after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the ongoing impact of Covid and rising global inequality, Oxfam has warned.

Highlighting the knock-on impact of the war for the poorest people around the globe, the aid charity said two decades of progress were in danger of being reversed as the conflict pushes up prices on wholesale markets, disrupts harvests and impedes exports of vital commodities.