From Madagascar to Morocco: Gen Z protests shake Africa

Gen Z-led protests in two diverse African countries highlight frustration over years of poor governance. Fueled by social ...
Reuters

Africa's children to account for 40 percent of world's poorest people by 2030: thinktank

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - African children will account for more than 40 percent of the world's poorest people in 2030, almost double the current share, unless more is done to improve ...
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The massive £1.2bn bridge being built in one of Africa's poorest countries

One of Africa's poorest countries is set to embark on a major construction project that could help transform its economic fortunes. The proposed five-mile bridge is expected to cost around £1.2 ...
The Economist

The crisis of South Africa’s missing dads

“The child faces a void without his father,” Victor Pike tells a room full of men in Khayelitsha, a poor part of Cape Town. The audience nods along as the community worker from Father A Nation, an NGO ...
The New York Times

South Africa Is a Warning

This essay is part of The Great Migration, a series by Lydia Polgreen exploring how people are moving around the world today. When people in the rich world imagine a migrant from the poor world, I ...