Africa is the world’s second-largest continent, with 54 countries, each with its own unique culture and history ... many African countries remain among the poorest in the world.

Eighteen of the poorest countries by GDP per capita are in Africa. That is not surprising given the famine and war that have racked the continent for the better part of the last four decades.

A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa ... people are poor, the report says. The most optimistic scenario shows about 330 million poor in 2012, up from about 280 million in 1990. Poverty ...

more than half the young people entering the global workforce in 2030 will be African. This is a great opportunity for the poorest continent. But if its 54 countries are to seize it, they will ...