The report, Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa, says the share of Africans living in extreme poverty has fallen substantially—from 54% in 1990 to 41% in 2015—but due to high population growth ...

The Drought Hotspots Around the World report identifies the most severely impacted regions from 2023 to 2025. During this ...

Poverty across the continent may be lower than what current estimates suggest, though the number of people living in extreme poverty has grown substantially since 1990, according to the latest World ...

10/17/2018 October 17, 2018. The latest extreme poverty estimates from the World Bank revealed that Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world. Development expert Francisco Ferreira says it's ...

On the continent, lower incomes and less education have led to more poverty and inequality. That‘s why we‘re examining the economic impact of COVID-19 in Africa, specifically the consequences of the ...

Somalia has a tough legacy. Two decades of civil war and ongoing natural disasters, including droughts and flooding, have triggered the displacement of two million citizens. Almost 70% of Somali ...

33 out of 40 countries with the highest rates of poverty are from Africa, owing to the continent's unstable economic state. According to ISS Africa , Central Africa has the highest extreme poverty ...

These challenges have contributed to widespread poverty, and a deepening humanitarian crisis. We have reached over 150,000 vulnerable children across Somalia with lifesaving protection services ...

This blanket ban will entrench poverty in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, but do little to reduce the world’s carbon emissions. Africa accounts for around 17% of the world’s people but ...

IN a major diplomatic milestone, Somalia has officially reopened its embassy in Tanzania, marking a renewed commitment to ...

Somalia is host to one of the longest coastline in Africa, acting as a gateway between the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea leading to the Mediterranean. Despite its invaluable geography, Somalia and its ...