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 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 ...

"The poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic Americans -- it’s been incredible, they’ve all reached their lowest levels in the history of our country," he said at the rally on Sept. 29, 2018.

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 ...

As the leaders of the G8 countries prepare to meet in Scotland, political activists and non-governmental organizations are mounting a vigorous campaign to force poverty to the top of the agenda.

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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. ...

The paper reviews the history of the concepts used to depict poverty in Africa. “Pauperism” is a legal concept, deriving from early modern law in Britain, which frames individual situations, places ...

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 ...

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Scientists are wondering if, instead of combating the effects of climate change retroactively, we took the fight right to the source: the sun. Approaches to fighting climate change tend to focus on ...