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 ...

While the world debates a path towards reducing carbon emissions and addressing the climate crisis, Africa continues to face one of its most consequential challenges yet: energy poverty. Across the ...

These five powerful couples are so worth celebrating! They spend their lives spreading the love by using their influence and resources to make the world a better place. These couples illustrate the ...

Tony Elumelu, chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Heirs Holdings, says poverty remains a major global threat, warning that migration is largely driven by economic exclusion.

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 ...

South Africa’s unemployment rate stands at a staggering 33.5%, one of the highest in the world. Coupled with an alarming poverty rate – where more than half of the population lives on less than R1,558 ...

ST. LOUIS — It's time for our Show Me Something Good series. Friday morning, the Show Me Team is spotlighting a local nonprofit called Microfinancing Partners in Africa, also known as, MPA. Founded in ...

LONDON, May 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Leading African female musicians have recorded a video of songs and instrumental music, joining a "Poverty is Sexist" campaign to put women and girls at ...

Alicia Wallace is the cofounder and COO of Kazi, a social business working to create thousands of jobs by training artisans from rural parts of Africa to design products made from local, natural ...