The African National Congress’s role is the culmination of the class function it performed during the transition from ...

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said yesterday that reducing poverty and supporting economic development in Africa will be his top priority, along with modernizing the bank’s cumbersome ...

South Africa has made steady progress in reducing poverty over the past 17 years, but the country’s children remain largely untouched by this improvement.

Despite two decades of efforts, poverty in South Africa remains a pressing challenge, as revealed by the latest Stats SA report.

With a G-8 summit and a wave of worldwide protests shining a sudden global spotlight on African poverty, several major American Jewish organizations are taking steps to put the continent’s troubles ...

The African Media Globe (AMG) has called on African Leaders and the African Union to take decisive steps to dismantle economic and governance systems that perpetuate dependency, corruption, and ...

WHO warns rising medical costs across Africa are pushing millions into poverty and worsening financial hardship for vulnerable households.

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Africans are getting wealthier more quickly than previously believed, according to a new study that also suggests the poorest continent's riches are spreading beyond the narrow confines of its elite. ...

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President Bush and other world leaders kicked off the G-8 summit Monday in Japan, with poverty in Africa at the top of the agenda. Three years ago, members set a goal of increasing world aid to Africa ...