poverty-stricken

Example Sentences

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As bodies continue washing up in a poverty-stricken part of Calabria, some local residents wonder whether a hard-line government understands what drives migration.

From New York Times

Burkina Faso, a poverty-stricken country with limited water and natural resources, seems an unlikely setting for a stirring revolution.

From New York Times

Rebuilding public health in chaotic, poverty-stricken Venezuela is not for the faint of heart.

From Science Magazine

This means the already mounting list of disruptions in commerce could result in disaster for poverty-stricken regions of Europe, Asia and Africa.

From Salon

Western countries have yet to formally recognise the Taliban as Afghanistan's rulers but acknowledge that aid for the poverty-stricken country is needed, and this could be an incentive for the Taliban to prevent an exodus.

From Reuters