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Africa Economic Growth Not Enough To Tackle Poverty: AfDB

Africa's economy has shown resilience overall despite global conditions but growth needs to be in double digits to truly tackle poverty on the continent, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Thursday.

International Business Times

South Africans vote in watershed election as ANC could lose majority

Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to ‘do better’ but lingering poverty and unemployment threaten his party’s three-decade grip on power

The Independent UK

Women in Gaza forced to use tent scraps and paper in place of sanitary products as period poverty soars

Palestinian women unable to afford sanitary products as access to clean toilets limited

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Donor fatigue persists as nations commit 7.5 billion euros for conflict-hit Syrians

International donors meeting in Brussels say they will commit 7.5 billion euros, about $8.1 billion, in both grants and loans to support Syrians battered by war, poverty, and hunger for the rest of this year and beyond

The Independent UK

Parties woo South Africa's poorest voters with promise of basic income

With a third of the population unemployed, poverty has dramatically increased in South Africa in the past five years, and millions depend on grants. As South Africans head to the polls on 29 May, both the ruling party and its challengers are promising to introduce a universal basic income –…

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It’s time to tackle the root causes of poverty

The unequal distribution of resources needs to be addressed at government level

The Guardian - UK

Next government urged to wake up to UK’s ‘shocking’ levels of child poverty

Charities call for law within first 100 days after general election to ensure annual rises in the financial help parents receive

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Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

Golden numbers; an intergalactic snail trail; an immersive guide to art; a tale of hope amid poverty; and a girl who can’t lie

The Guardian - UK

'No change': Stephen Flynn hits out at Keir Starmer's priorities

THE SNP’s Westminster leader has hit out at Keir Starmer’s “priorities” following the Labour leader’s morning media round on Thursday.

The National (Scotland)

Mexico's poorest receiving less government funds under president who brought poor to the fore

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador swept into office nearly six years ago with a simple motto laying out his administration’s priorities: “For the good of all, first the poor.”

The Independent UK

Red Nose Day 2024 fights child poverty with the 'whimsy' of a candy castle, monster truck and Legos

Red Nose Day has raised $370 million since 2015 to fund anti-poverty efforts

The Independent UK

Poverty in Lebanon more than tripled in past decade: World Bank

Report shows country has slid into a protracted financial crisis, with Syrian refugee population hit particularly hard.

Al Jazeera

Poverty in Lebanon tripled over a decade, World Bank says

The World Bank says poverty in Lebanon has tripled over the course of a decade during which the small Mediterranean country slid into a protracted financial crisis

The Independent UK

Raising jobseeker is not ‘fiscally sustainable’? Sorry, but that is flat out wrong

Never fall for the line that lifting people out of poverty and reducing inequality is a task too complex or costly to undertake

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GOP candidate for NC governor blasts public spending as his family nonprofit rakes in taxpayer funds

In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a “plantation of welfare and victimhood” that’s mired Black people in “dependency” and poverty

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney: Eradicating child poverty to be my 'most important objective' as FM

THE First Minister has said eradicating child poverty is the “single most important objective” of his government, ahead of a speech today to set…

The National (Scotland)

Former Scots chief constable to lead Gordon Brown's 'multibank' anti-poverty scheme

SCOTLAND'S former chief constable Iain Livingstone has been appointed to head up a drive to deliver donations of millions of pounds worth of…

The Independent UK

‘Children come in hungry every single day’: Schools dipping into their own budgets to feed pupils

At least one million children living in poverty in England miss out on free school meals due to strict eligibility criteria

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‘Modi builds highways but where are our jobs?’: rising inequality looms over India’s election

While the number of Indian billionaires soars, growing unemployment has become a big problem for the BJP as it campaigns for a third term

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Wes Streeting praises archbishop over call for Labour to scrap two-child benefit cap

Shadow minister says it is Justin Welby’s job to speak out but Labour could not commit to scrapping policy

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting defends Archbishop of Canterbury’s attack on two-child benefit cap – ‘literally his job’

The Archbishop slammed the cap as ‘cruel’ and called on Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer to commit to scrapping it

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Jacob Zuma Vows To Tackle Poverty And Unemployment

Former President Jacob Zuma unveils manifesto focusing on job creation, crime reduction, and economic empowerment for marginalized communities in South Africa.

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on child poverty: Labour must tackle this scourge as soon as possible

Growing up in a poor household is one of the biggest barriers to opportunity, yet it affects millions of children

The Guardian - UK

‘People haven’t woken up to the scale of this’: Gordon Brown on the UK’s child poverty scandal

A quarter of Britain’s children live below the poverty line. Near his Fife home, the former PM shows how charities help families and says this issue must be a priority for any government

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We can easily end child poverty in the UK. Here are five things to know

Progress can be made. We must not let stubbornly high rates turn us into fatalists, writes Torsten Bell

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