Africa's air links are poor: Can the G20 push for more direct flights to improve tourism and trade?

In Africa, less than one in five continental airline routes are direct. Air connections are decided by factors like trade ...

India outpaces China, EU in duty-free access as WTO credits India’s DFTP scheme for boosting exports from poorest nation

India is now a top developing economy partner for Least Developed Countries, offering more extensive duty-free market access ...

Scientists are testing a surprising approach to fighting hunger in one of the poorest places on Earth

The ocean was calm and flecked with sails when I arrived one morning at the beach in Ambolimailaky, a fishing village in the ...
Institute for Security Studies (ISS Africa)

AU suspension of Madagascar raises more questions than answers

The AU’s zero tolerance of coups should be matched by a similar attitude towards the poor governance that provokes youth ...
Offaly Express

Tullamore Lions Club supports aid agency with Clara links

TULLAMORE Lions Club, this week, donated a cheque for €5,000, to Self Help Africa, in support of Infant Malnutrition & Food ...

‘Leaving the world’s poorest behind’: Nearly 900 million poor people face climate shocks, says UN

“Our new research shows that to address global poverty and create a more stable world for everyone, we must confront the ...
Anadolu Agency

Nearly 700M people worldwide live in extreme poverty: World Bank

UN marks Oct. 17 as International Day for Eradication of Poverty, spotlighting crisis deepened by pandemic and global ...
Arizona Daily Star

World's poorest children have a friend in Tucson woman

When Jackie Semar became interested in adoption almost 30 years ago, she had no idea she would become a champion for poverty-stricken children around the globe. Now, as executive director for the ...

Poor countries paying billions more to cover debts than they receive as aid to fight climate crisis

The world’s least developed countries paid US $37 billion (£28bn) to service their debts in 2023, but received only $32 ...
Biznews

How BEE became a ladder for the elite, not the poor

BBEE enriches elites, failing to uplift South Africa’s poorest citizens.Race-based empowerment ignores real barriers: ...

As new debt crisis looms, Africa needs more than world is offering

African countries face another debt crisis and will need more long-term help than the latest G20 debt plan offers them to ward off trouble ahead and keep much-needed investments coming in, according ...

Private creditors look to IMF, others for support of poorest countries

Private-sector creditors proposed short-term actions in support of the poorest world economies in a draft letter to the G20 that says the current debt relief extension could be "insufficient" to ...