Tag: poverty
UN seeks $2billion for Sahel as migration spectre looms
The United Nations sought on Wednesday a record $2 billion for the Sahel in what a senior UN official said is necessary...
Uneducated and unskilled youth a “ticking time bomb”: Motlanthe
Uneducated and unskilled youth are a "ticking time bomb" of pent-up emotions that will explode if not addressed soon, says Deputy President...
Parliamentary Question: Presidency: War on Poverty
10. Mr D B Feldman (Congress of the People (COPE) - Gauteng) to ask the Deputy President:
Whether, regarding his sustained and high...
45% of households grant dependent
The 2010 General Household Survey (GHS) has found that government grants were prevalent as a source of income in four provinces across...
Poverty, arrests spark anger in Angola’s oil region
Grinding poverty, human rights abuses and police detentions are fuelling tension in Angola's oil-rich province of Cabinda, but for now, international oil...
Czech Republic unveils aid for Zimbabwe
The Czech Republic has approved new humanitarian aid for Zimbabwe to assist the southern African country fight hunger and disease, the foreign...
Niger raises severe hunger forecast, seeks more aid
Niger's government needs another 45 billion CFA francs in food aid after a new survey found 500 000 more people than previously...
Niger junta to provide free food to one million
Niger's military government has started an unprecedented drive to distribute free food to one million of the nearly 10 million of its...
UN aid agencies sound alarm on Niger food
United Nations humanitarian agencies sounded the alarm yesterday about a growing food crisis in the West African state of Niger, but said...
Niger seeks $133 mln to combat food crisis
The United Nations needs an extra $133 million to tackle food shortages and malnutrition in Niger that have already triggered massive displacements...
Africa jobs recovery lags economic rebound: UN
Africa's economy is likely to grow by an average 4.3 percent this year from just 1.6 percent in 2009, but poverty could...
Illegal capital outflows undermine Africa: study
About $854 billion flowed out of Africa illegally in the 39 years to 2008, and such continued capital flight will undermine gains...
Global downturn hits Africa’s poverty target
Africa is the only continent not on track to meet the UN millennium development goal of halving poverty by 2015 because of...
About 10 million at risk of food crisis across West Africa
Almost 10 million people across the Sahel region of West Africa are threatened with a severe food shortage, international aid agency Oxfam...
Niger calls for $123 million in food aid
Niger needs $123 million in international aid to combat the risk of food shortages this year, the northwest African country's prime minister...
Germany gives Burundi €22.5 mln to fight poverty
Germany yesterday gave Burundi a €22.5 million ($30.61 million) grant to help the tiny central African country improve its water supply and...
Niger facing famine, millions at risk: president
Millions of people are threatened by famine in Niger, the new military ruler said yesterday in a message that contrasted starkly with...
One-fifth of Chad’s population face hunger: UN
Nearly a fifth of the population in Chad will suffer food shortages this year, part of a broader hunger problem looming in...
SA still living with legacy of poverty
Econometrix chief economist Azar Jammine has again warned that South Africa remains one of the most unequal societies in the world. Citing...
Yemen getting tougher with Somalis
Somalis fleeing war have long found refuge in Yemen, seen as a way station to Saudi Arabia, but fear of al Qaeda...
Two decades after Mandela’s release, SA struggles
Twenty years after Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, South Africa is a vibrant democracy but the millions still living in poverty...
Poor Eritreans increasingly joining gold rush
More than a dozen foreign mining firms are now working in Eritrea, but poor villagers in the Red Sea state's remote lowlands...
5.2 million Ethiopians need food assistance: UN
The number of people in Ethiopia who will need food assistance this year has risen to 5.2 million, an increase of several...
Over half Niger’s population faces hunger: report
More than half of the population of Niger will go without food at some point this year, according to a leaked official...
Millions more face poverty in crisis: World Bank
World Bank president Robert Zoellick says tens of millions more people in Africa and elsewhere will be driven into poverty this year...
Eritrean refugees not fleeing political repression
Eritrea said yesterday that thousands of people who leave the Red Sea state every year were not responding to any political persecution,...
Kibaki urges WFP to resume operations in Somalia
According to Kenya State House governmental website, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has urged the World Food Programme (WFP) to reconsider its decision...
Angolan president signals 3-year election delay
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos signalled the oil-producing nation's first post-war presidential election, scheduled for 2009, would have to wait at...
Nigeria oil reform must benefit communities: governor
Nigeria's plans to overhaul its energy sector must result in a fairer deal for communities in the Niger Delta if there is...
Maritime pirates threaten everyone, especially Africa’s hungry: US
Maritime pirates are a threat to everyone, especially those who are starving in Somalia and East Africa and rely on ships to...
Ugandan rebel attacks causing food problems in CAR
After driving them out of Uganda and chasing them across the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ugandan government troops are now fighting the...
Gabonese give Bongo son a chance, for now
Gabon's new President Ali Ben Bongo has won over some doubters with early policy shifts, but many in the central African nation...
40% of SA still mired in poverty : SAIRR
Four out of 10 South Africans still live in poverty, the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) says.
Despite this poverty levels...
UN talks hope to improve climate data and aid poor
Delegates from 150 nations met in Geneva to try to plug gaps in climate information to help the world cope with global...
Zuma spells out agenda, praises SANDF
President Jacob Zuma has praised the role of the South African National Defence in supporting foreign policy through its active participation in United Nations...
