A report by the U.N. children's agency UNICEF says 181 million children younger than 5 live in severe food poverty. That's about 27% of the world’s youngest children. Africa’s population of more than ...

One of the biggest challenges in providing relief to people living in poverty is locating them. The availability of accurate and reliable information on the location of impoverished zones is ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Rapid population growth in some of Africa's poorest countries could put at risk future progress towards reducing global poverty and improving health, according to a report by the ...

In this article we are going to talk about the 30 Least Developed Countries in Africa in 2024. Over the previous 20 years, countries like Ethiopia and Rwanda saw average growth rates of 7.5%. However, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KALTUNGO, Nigeria (AP) — The 9-month-old ...

Obi’s comments come amid growing concerns over food insecurity in several African countries, despite the continent holding 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land. Obi, who was the Labour Party’s ...

Africa is the poorest continent in the world. There are, as always, a lot of factors to consider as to why that is the case, but recently Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson from MIT have released a ...

Ajume Wingo was riding a bus in his home country of Cameroon when a group of women started yelling at a preteen girl. The girl was confused, and Wingo realized she had gotten her period for the first ...

Under the Miombo Ecoregion Conservation Programme (MECP), WWF is striving to come up with a lasting solution to combat poverty in the area. To show and allow local people to use local resources, on a ...

AMES, Iowa – Animal science faculty members at Iowa State University are studying the genetic makeup of chickens in Africa in an effort to improve nutrition and alleviate food scarcity across the ...

KALTUNGO, NigeriaKALTUNGO, Nigeria — The 9-month-old twins cried nonstop and tugged at their mother, seeking attention but also food. They had received little in the past 24 hours, and there were ...