Tag Archives: Poverty
By Binyam Shimelis The population of Ethiopia, according to the Central Statistical Authority, is over 80 million, making the country the second most populous country in Africa. Around 80% of the population is living in rural areas depending on small-scale … read more »
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By Abdul-Rahman Abubakar, Daily Trust The World Bank has praised economic policies of the present administration declaring that it has led to slight reduction in the country’s poverty index from 48 to 46 percent. Speaking when he visited President Goodluck … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Belachew Gujubo Dear Ato Abebe Gebrehiwet, From Los Angeles area really I liked your article and your feeling concerning the Hedase Dam on Nile R. I absolutely agree with you and others who are being aligned them in this optimist … read more »
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By Jerome Mwanda, IDN Some 19 million people in West Africa’s Sahel region are living with the threat of hunger and malnutrition, though the potential to increase agricultural production in Africa is enormous. Poor people in the slums of Nairobi … read more »
by Teshome Debalke The truth hurts but, somebody must tell it No wonders many African countries in general and Ethiopia in particular is the center of gravity when it comes to charity. She became the symbol of a damping ground … read more »
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Unfreedom Day March – 27 April 2012 Friday is freedom day. This means that the time for annual lies to our democracy has come. The time to pretend that democracy and freedom came to everyone in 1994 has come. … read more »
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By Busani Mpofu The World Bank estimated urban poverty in Zimbabwe in 1990/91 to be 12 percent while the 1995 Poverty Assessment Study found urban poverty to be 39 percent. In January 2009, Save the Children estimated that 10 out … read more »
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As local Somali Muslims end the holy month with a celebration, they keep in mind those who are starving in their homeland. The East African nation is wracked by its worst drought in 60 years, which is causing mass starvation. … read more »
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Last time I wrote an article on why begging and economic dependency is normal in Ethiopia. I would like to thank many of you who commented on the article and shared their view, experience, and proposed solutions to the problem. … read more »
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December 18, 2010 by benim
You live in one of the poorest countries on earth, with one of the worst quality-of-life indexes in the world, among the top five worst inflation rates on earth, at the bottom of the global list of a per capita … read more »
Posted in Ghana, News, West Africa
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November 27, 2010 by benim
According to a TIME/Pew research poll released last week, 40 percent of Americans believe that marriage is becoming obsolete, up from just 28 percent in 1978. In that same poll, only one in four unmarried Americans say they do not … read more »
November 7, 2010 by benim
Johannesburg – The vast majority of South African adults have an income below R50 000 a year, the results of a study released on Sunday revealed. “The bulk of the South African adult population still falls into the R0 to … read more »
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October 26, 2010 by benim
Anti-corruption group Transparency International said in a report that corruption aggravates poverty and slows economic development. Tuesday’s report is based on surveys of perceived corruption in nations around the world. The authors say systemic corruption can add 20 percent to … read more »
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