Financial website SmartAsset used data to determine the wealthiest and poorest counties in each state. Two counties in ...

Rain, which millions of Rwanda’s poorest residents rely upon to survive, is increasingly responsible for new threats to their lives.

Explore the complex and tragic situation in South Sudan, where political strife and ethnic conflict have led to a ...

India has been holding tight to its position as the fastest-growing large economy since 2021. With annual growth of more than 6 or 7 percent, it doubles in size every decade, while Germany, Japan and ...

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has an ambitious vision for the continent’s most populous nation, but hurdles stand in his way.

Speaking on social protection and digital reforms, Edun said over 12 million Nigerians have been enrolled through digital ID integration, with women accounting for nearly 60 percent of them. “Nine ...

We don’t have a good grasp on how many people live without electricity. Official estimates place the number of people without power at 730 million, but a 2024 satellite study suggests the actual ...

A new study from The University of Manchester has shed light on an unexpected consequence of plastic bag bans in East Africa, and why well-intentioned environmental laws may actually be making life ...

In the most extreme scenario in which all external TB funding is eliminated, households would incur $79.7 billion (95% UI, $60.0 billion to $99.2 billion) in added costs, and an estimated 40.5 million ...

Join me as I fly from Nairobi to Juba in the cockpit of a Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800, arriving in South Sudan, a country with severe aviation challenges. This short flight into Juba Airport reveals ...

McDowell County, once the nation's largest coal producer, is now one of the poorest places in the United States. Residents have little faith in the government.

It is a little-known irony that one of the poorest and least developed nations of the world, namely the East African country called The Repub | In this installment of our African tea series, World Tea ...