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 ...

To hear the hard-charging manager of a Chinese-owned industrial park in Ethiopia tell it, it's a manufacturer's dream come true. MOTTO MA: This park is just like a small city. UNIDENTIFIED BUSINESSMAN ...

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 ...

Explore the significant disparities between Stats SA's poverty statistics and the lived experiences of South Africans, ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised fresh concern over the scale of financial hardship caused by healthcare costs across Africa, warning that millions are being pushed deeper into poverty ...

Massimiliano Tani receives funding from Australian Research Council (unrelated to this article). Adrino Mazenda and Catherine Althaus do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...