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          Poverty

          The latest news and stories on poverty

          The world's poorest countries' annual debt service to official bilateral creditors increased 35 per cent over the past year, the World Bank said. Reuters

          Poorest countries owing $62bn in bilateral debt now at risk of default, World Bank warns

          EconomyDecember 02, 2022
          A man buys a Brazilian flag four days before the Fifa World Cup 2022 in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA

          Frustrated Lebanon streams World Cup without a cabinet to approve TV rights

          LebanonNovember 24, 2022
          A man buys bread in Turkey's capital Ankara. Russia's military assault in Ukraine has triggered a commodities super cycle which has exacerbated food inflation across the globe. AP

          G24 group says 'no calm after the Covid storm' and calls for scaled-up support

          EconomyOctober 12, 2022
          A family stands in their home in Brasilandia, one of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s poorest neighbourhoods. AP

          End of extreme poverty by 2030 unlikely, World Bank says

          USOctober 05, 2022
          Sharm El Sheikh is preparing to host the Cop27 climate conference in November. Reuters

          Cop27's leftover food to be donated to Egypt's poor

          EgyptSeptember 20, 2022
          Khalil Adnan Al Dgheiry and his wife who suffers from Crohn's disease. Photo: Khalil Adnan Al Dgheiry.

          Lebanese man offers to sell kidney to save wife

          MENAJune 30, 2022
          Plastic waste is dumped to reclaim a swamp the Mosafejo area of Lagos, Nigeria. The UN says 69 countries, including 25 countries in Africa, are currently facing food, energy, and debt crises. AFP

          Ukraine war could cause global poverty disaster, warns UN report

          WorldApril 14, 2022
          A sharp increase in use of food banks is one symptom of Britain's cost of living crisis which has slowed its economic recovery from pandemic. Reuters

          UK economy slows in face of cost of living crisis

          BusinessApril 11, 2022
          A woman carrying a child begs for alms on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan. In low and middle-income countries, surging Covid cases strained healthcare systems during the pandemic. AFP

          Child deaths in poor countries surged as Covid-19 strained health care

          WorldMarch 20, 2022
          Children play soccer in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, March 7, 2022. Reuters

          Russia-Ukraine war could lead to spike in global poverty

          WorldMarch 19, 2022
          Raya has learnt to read and write at a centre run by Save the Children in Iraq. Photo: Save the Children

          Digital poverty leaves millions of Arab children behind at school

          EducationJanuary 24, 2022
          A man counts Lebanese pounds at an exchange shop in Beirut. The currency hit a new low on Tuesday. Photo: AP

          Lebanese Cabinet to convene after pound drops to record low

          LebanonJanuary 04, 2022
          A man receives a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the Jabra Hospital for Emergency and Injuries in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, on March 9. The UN children’s agency Unicef said Sudan was the first country in the Middle East and North Africa to receive vaccines through Covax, a UN-led initiative that provides shots to poor countries. AFP

          WHO says global healthcare failures are causing ‘catastrophic hardships’

          HealthDecember 12, 2021
          A man distributes bread to Afghan women outside a bakery in Kabul on Thursday. AP

          'Bury differences’ with Taliban to tackle Afghan crisis, urges UK former Army chief

          UKDecember 02, 2021
          Syrian refugee children play together near tents at an informal tented settlement in Akkar, Lebanon. Photo: Reuters

          Children missing meals in majority of Lebanese families, UN says

          LebanonNovember 23, 2021
          Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador addresses the UN Security Council. AP

          Mexico’s Lopez Obrador pushes ‘rich tax’ plan in New York

          WorldNovember 09, 2021
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