A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest and no systematic increase in inequality, given the available data Challenges remain substantial: more ...

Wandile Sihlobo says while agricultural exports are up, so is the number of food-insecure households South Africa has the contradiction of being the leading agricultural exporter in Africa while the ...

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow by 3.8% in 2025 and 4.1% in 2026, according to a report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) released Wednesday ...

U.S.A.I.D. The United States spent decades responding to conflicts and disease in Africa. The continent is now expected to be the hardest hit by the Trump administration’s aid cuts. The United ...

BUENOS AIRES, March 31 (Reuters) - Argentina's poverty rate fell sharply in the second half of 2024, the government's INDEC statistics agency said on Monday, a turnaround for libertarian President ...

An initiative in Zambia is showing that a profit-seeking company can help rural farmers battling extreme weather breed chickens that lay more eggs. Village chickens in Petauke, Zambia.Credit..

Rassie Erasmus does not expect Willie le Roux to make the next Rugby World Cup.

Al Jazeera looks at the bid to bring Formula One back to the African continent for the first time in 32 years. Al Jazeera’s journalists reflect on what it’s like to report from some of the ...

Child poverty reached almost 4.5 million in 2024, the highest level for more than 20 years in the United Kingdom, according to PA Media reports. The number of children living in poverty in the UK ...

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