In a new documentary about Bob Geldof, the rock musician who organized the Live Aid concerts in 1985 and helped put together last year’s Live 8 event, he says that despite Africa’s deep-rooted poverty ...

Poverty especially on an absolute scale, is a devastating economic/financial disease afflicting most (if not all) human societies across diverse geographies and time periods. However, the intensity ...

Poverty in South Africa remains a significant and persistent challenge despite efforts and progress in decreasing it over the last two decades. This was revealed in the latest report by Statistics ...

The Central African Republic (CAR) has the 5th highest rate of poverty in the world, with nearly 70% of the country’s people living in extreme poverty. The World Bank’s first-ever Poverty Assessment ...