The U.S. is by far the biggest single donor of foreign assistance in the world through the agency known as USAID, which ...

In a one-room clinic in rural Madagascar, a wide-eyed baby boy named Mercia watched as his mother tore open a packet of something that looked like peanut butter. Mercia devoured the paste, leaving ...

The scheme was launched to reduce poverty, but experts never anticipated the remarkable effects it would have on the ...

Social Security is helping more than just older adults as more children start to live with their grandparents.

Poverty has many dimensions. Following recent crises, not least the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis, some of poverty's known dimensions have evolved while new forms have emerged.

Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...

New research shows how much we’d need to increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance to bring retirees who rent out of poverty.

Through both the OAU and the African Union (AU), we have indeed defined the Africa we want, including through Agenda 2063.

Having gone right round the world in the course of this series, I think it is time to return to England. After all, that is ...

Through practicing Ubuntu, or solidarity, we have the ability to build a future that is inclusive and supports the interests of everyone. Solidarity serves as the cornerstone of our collective unity, ...

In the last three weeks alone, since President Trump took office, there have been significant changes in the healthcare ...

New government figures show TB reported cases jumped by 13 per cent last year, their fourth consecutive yearly rise ...