A recent survey shows that extreme poverty in Morocco has decreased to around 3%, with the country’s poverty index dropping ...

Lived poverty varies widely across the continent in extent, intensity, and trajectory. For example, over the past decade, severe material deprivation has fallen in Liberia, Burkina Faso, Togo, Gabon, ...

On these core issues for the continent’s development, the chairman of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) – a ...

Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s second most unequal region after Latin America, with deep-seated structural sources of inequality not only limiting poverty reduction, but growth itself. The report, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a massive human rights violation ...

President Donald Trump is echoing false claims made by billionaire adviser Elon Musk as he threatens aid to South Africa.

The World Bank cautions that a 2% GDP growth rate in South Africa is insufficient to significantly reduce poverty and unemployment. In its latest economic update, which also includes a section on ...

While South Africa has long been a destination for migrants fleeing economic hardship and drought in Zimbabwe, many arrive to find a harsh reality of poverty, persecution, and xenophobia.

NGOs and researchers urge South Africa's government to approve a Maternal support grant (MSG) to address rising child poverty and malnutrition, with a focus on improving maternal nutrition and child ...

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

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