Poverty breeds illiteracy. Illiteracy produces social dysfunction, illicit brews, early marriages, and school dropouts.

The CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mark Suzman, has stated that addressing poverty and malaria in Nigeria will take years of sustained effort, despite recent progress by the Nigerian ...

The absence of strong accountability turns anti-poverty programmes into symbolic gestures rather than vehicles of real change in Nigeria.

The U.N. has accused both sides of mass atrocities and warned of famine in parts of Sudan, as both groups have imposed ...

The event brought together more than 60,000 people on the Great Lawn of Central Park for a day of music and action.

At least 40,000 people have been killed, nearly 13 million displaced and many pushed to the brink of famine with over 24 ...

For more than a decade, Global Citizen has used music as a force for change, turning festivals into platforms that fight poverty and inequality. From New York to Rwanda and Lagos, African artists have ...

With a powerful, unified voice, African leaders addressed the 80th United Nations General Assembly this week, issuing a stark call for a fundamental shift in global power dynamics.

Politicians all over the world are deflecting people’s anger and resentment at their failings onto a convenient scapegoat ...