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          Poverty

          The latest news and stories on poverty

          People lay floral tributes for late South African former president Nelson Mandela around the fountain in Trafalgar Square in central London. Justin Tallis / AFP

          Mandela’s last public appearance outside South Africa ‘crucial’ to forgiving debt

          WorldDecember 15, 2013
          Villagers in Africa and India use solar-rechargeable LED lanterns manufactured and distributed by d.light, a company that has been selected by the Expo Live project, which is part of Dubai’s Expo 2020 bid. Courtesy: d.light

          Solar-powered lanterns may be answer to breaking poverty cycle for Indian villagers

          EnvironmentNovember 26, 2013

          India’s small towns favour opposition, despite Congress handouts

          WorldNovember 18, 2013
          Mazlumder, a human rights association, estimates that up to 100,000 unregistered Syrians are living in Istanbul’s parks and in apartments in poorer neighbourhoods. Kerem Uzel for The National

          Thousands of Syrians shun refugee camps to sleep rough on Istanbul’s streets

          WorldNovember 14, 2013
          Workers at the PT Royal Korindah factory make false eyelashes destined for cosmetics firms such as L’Oreal, MAC and Eylure;. Gethin Chamberlain for The National

          Forty lashes, two dirhams

          November 07, 2013

          India’s Mars rocket is all about prestige

          The NationalNovember 03, 2013

          Who will pay for reconstruction in post-war Syria?

          The NationalOctober 29, 2013
          Heba Alwadiya, 11, stands at a cloth-covered door as her sister and brother leave their family house in Gaza City. Most of their family's clothes and food comes from donations. Adel Hana / AP

          Gaza’s poorest struggle to survive

          WorldOctober 22, 2013
          IOday Alwadiya, 11, with his sister Seba, 3, in the small yard of their makeshift house next to a sewerage plant in Gaza City. Adel Hana / AP

          In pictures: The Gaza Strip’s poorest

          WorldOctober 22, 2013
          Schoolchildren study inside their classroom at their government-run primary school, at Brahimpur village in the Chapra district of the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

          Fatal poisonings highlight poor standard of schools for rural Indians

          AsiaJuly 24, 2013

          Dubai shoppers urged to help children get educated

          UAEJuly 09, 2013
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