“The main messages which emerge from this effort to assess poverty in Africa are both encouraging and sobering,” said Kathleen Beegle, World Bank program leader and co-author of the report. “Although ...

Many African countries have transitioned from low-income to middle-income status based on Gross National Income (GNI) per ...

The former Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has warned that one of the biggest threats to democracy today is ...

The 171-mile road will link the city of N'guigmi with Koulele and Django, and is part of a strategy to improve the road ...

Increasing levels of extreme poverty in Africa were turbocharged by COVID-19, fuelling the fire of relative deprivation. 2024 was a bleak year for Africa. Libya and Sudan were partitioned.

A new World Bank report has revealed a sobering outlook for poverty eradication, projecting that 622 million people will still live in extreme poverty by 2030 despite decades of global efforts to end ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has once again highlighted the ambition to turn the SRD grant into a permanent feature of the ...

Africa will be the second-fastest-growing region globally. But persistent problems, including poverty, the effects of climate change, and weak governance, are fuelling widespread social frustration.

A £299million road is set to be built in the West African landlocked ... in the world with high levels of poverty. In 2023, 48.4% of its population lived in extreme poverty, with low life ...

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from a mining shaft this week, and more are believed to remain underground.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement to expand the social relief of distress grant aims to provide a sustainable income for the unemployed, with hopes of implementing a Basic Income Grant.