Although the number of people living in extreme poverty decreased to 5.1 million between 2009 and 2023, 10.8 million, almost ...
Zimbabwe and South Africa have signed a far-reaching social development agreement that places welfare, youth empowerment and ...
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Why global poverty programs failed to change outcomes

Does foreign aid really work, or does it merely trap countries in poverty? Each year, billions are spent, yet 692 million people still live in extreme poverty. From success stories like South Korea to ...
A university VC argues that Africa can overcome poverty not through charity, but by building functional businesses that ...
South Africa has made slow but steady progress in reducing poverty over the past two decades, according to the latest Poverty ...
NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | The inaugural African Summit, themed “Building a New United Africa,” opened Tuesday in Accra, Ghana ...
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According to the latest Income and Expenditure Survey in 2022/2023 about 23.2 million people were living below the ...
As a result, the share of people in South Africa living below the lower-bound poverty line fell to 38% in 2023, or around 23 ...
Africa dominates the Global Watchlist for 2026, with six of the world’s ten most crisis-affected countries located on the ...
Catholic Sisters across Africa are transforming charity into sustainable enterprise, reshaping communities and rewriting the ...