Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.

The World Bank says the federal government’s safety nets to the poor could suffer due to the oil price decline. The World ...

According to the World Bank, Nigeria accounts for 19 per cent of the share of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, followed by Congo, Ethiopia and Sudan with 14 per cent, nine per cent and six per cent, ...

Despite years of brutal conflict, Yemen has remained a key transit point for African migrants seeking a better life in the Gulf. The war has never deterred the movement, Frouws says. “For more than a ...

The Executive Director of Cleft and Facial Deformity Foundation (CFDF), Dr. Seidu Bello, has called for public support towards the completion of the proposed ...

There were 92,690 people in Malta who were at risk of poverty in 2024 ... only 4 per cent of people in Malta were suffering severe material and social deprivation, compared to 4.1 per cent ...

Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is home to the largest share of the world’s population living in ...

Every twelfth person in the world still lives in extreme poverty. That means surviving on less than $2.15 per day (adjusted ...

The Country Director, AAN, Andrew Mamedu, said, “ActionAid Nigeria is deeply concerned, yet unsurprised, by the grim projections from the World Bank’s April 2025 Africa’s Pulse report ...

So, if poverty is something we all want to see less of, why does it prove so difficult to tackle and can empathy help fix it? An aerial view of a township in South Africa placed next ... eradication ...

Pope Francis blessed all from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica — “Urbi et Orbi” (To the city [Rome] and to the world). “On this day, I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our ...

Charlotte Katungu Sivunavirwa, a nutritionist at the Kasando Health Center, stands in her office in Kirumba. Sivunavirwa ...