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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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Since South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, there has been a land redistribution and restitution provision in the country’s constitution. However, unemployment and poverty remain ...