The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says a child born in sub-Saharan Africa’s resource-intensive countries (RICs) like ...

In 2024, Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 16 percent of the ... This means they are likely to face severe setbacks in their livelihoods, significantly hindering poverty reduction efforts. People’s ...

In celebration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, discussions over the different faces of poverty around ... This east African country with near 12 million citizens was ...

This day is particularly critical in South Africa, where – even ... mistreatments that they face. Institutional mistreatment of those who live in poverty relates to the practices and policies ...

In a landmark decision, African education leaders have united behind an ambitious vision to eliminate learning poverty in Africa by 2035. At the 2024 Africa Foundational Learning Exchange (FLEX 2024), ...

About 13 million children in South Africa live in poverty, despite the estimated R700 billion a year investment made by the government, private sector and NGOs to tackle this. Government spending on ...

The report reiterated last year's findings, showing that 1.1 billion out of 6.1 billion people across 110 countries are living in extreme multidimensional poverty. More than one billion people are ...

Child poverty is not just a moral issue; it bears a steep economic cost for South Africa, amounting to nearly R700 billion each year. This staggering figure emerges from the latest findings of the ...

Today, and every October 17th the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty reminds the world that millions of people continue to face severe ... a few comparisons: Africa’s total ...

“A staggering 455 million people, both multidimensionally poor and living in contexts of conflict, face ... that poverty ranges from 21% to 88% in different regions of the West African nation ...