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 ...

Africa Renewal is a United Nations digital magazine that covers Africa’s economic, social and political developments. We cover the challenges the continent faces and the solutions to these by ...

This report provides information about poverty in Africa. The continent has the highest share of people living in poverty globally. First, it shows Africa's poverty, inequality, and wealth ...

the fight against multidimensional poverty remains a massive challenge. Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounts for 553 million people trapped in poverty, while South Asia is home to another 402 million.

Weaponisation of material poverty is very real in Africa. Starvation and general material poverty have stolen the peoples’ dignity as well as power to resist oppression and exploitation ...