Old-Age Poverty

Joint statement by the Coalition on the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy  In May 2026, the European Commission is set to launch the first EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, a long-awaited milestone for the Union’s social agenda. However, in the face of the EU’s failure to consider poverty in newly adopted frameworks, the Coalition…

Hereford, 10th April, A new partnership between Hope Spring Water and Haba Naija is set to strengthen efforts to tackle water poverty in underserved regions of Nigeria through training, volunteering, and grassroots engagement. Under the agreement, Haba Naija staff in Nigeria will undergo structured training delivered by Hope Spring Water,…

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said that ongoing reforms by the Bola Tinubu administration were driving economic growth and helping to reduce poverty in the country. Edun, who stated this while delivering a speech on behalf of members of the Federal Cabinet…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican announced a new campaign to urge divestment from mining activities, which Catholic Church leaders said enrich wealthy countries while leaving environmental damage and poverty in the Global South. “We are living in a time when humanity faces a decisive question: What kind of world…

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Climate Change, Development & Aid, Featured, Global, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Poverty & SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion UNITED NATIONS, Feb 9 2026 (IPS) - Eradicating extreme poverty for all people everywhere by 2030 is a pivotal aim of the Sustainable Development Goals. Extreme poverty, defined as surviving…

Poverty in Britain remains stubbornly high, with more than one in five people now living in deprivation, a new report has warned. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said hardship is set to deepen further unless the government takes stronger action before the end of the current parliament. Poverty in Britain remains…

A singer-songwriter and the first African to ever win the Swiss Blues Award, Justina Lee Brown came into the spotlight in 2008 with her hit song, Omo 2 Sexy, and over the years, her music has evolved from Afropop into funk, soul, blues, rock, and jazz. In this story, we…

About 141 million Nigerians have been projected to fall into abject poverty in 2026, as Nigeria’s poverty rate is projected to rise exponentially to 62 per cent this year, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Nigeria Economic Outlook 2026 report reveals. According to the report, poverty rate, which stood at 59% in 2024, rose to…

NEW DELHI — The world’s largest public employment plan, India’s job guarantees for rural workers, could be hollowed out by new legislation, the program’s defenders warn. Two decades ago, India launched what many economists and development experts hailed as a revolutionary program that enshrined employment as a right and reduced…