… population – will bear 29% of the cuts, with a similar picture for people living in poverty; 500,000 people are now dependent on food aid; and that only 1 in 5 people in the most deprived areas now feel they can trust others, compared to nearly …

Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, joined one of his grandsons, Mandla Mandela, and South African President Jacob Zuma in a prayer service in a Methodist church in Johannesburg. (PHOTOS: Nelson Mandela's life and career). “We felt it …

But it is being pushed back by rhetoric about "Do you want to join the rich and affluent West?" The implication being that the rich and affluent West and the Europeans will pay for you, but we know they won't pay for the Greek health service, they won …

The government said Sunday that 53 heads of state and government as well as a broad range of eminent persons had confirmed they would be attending a national memorial service and state funeral for the country's first black and democratically elected …

In an affluent, predominantly white suburb of the capital, Pretoria, parishioners prayed for Mandela at what was once a worship center for pro-apartheid government and business leaders. A picture of Mandela was beamed onto the wall above the pulpit, …

"Clearly, Congress is non-functioning," said Councilwoman Valerie Ervin of Montgomery County, a mostly affluent area with significant pockets of poverty. "As the groundswell of support continues to come from cities and towns, we are going to create the …

Zuma sat beside Mandela's second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and grandson Mandla Mandela amid about 700 congregants at the Methodist church in Bryanston, an affluent and mainly white area in northern Johannesburg. About 60 children sat before …

Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, joined one of his grandsons, Mandla Mandela, and South African President Jacob Zuma in a prayer service in Johannesburg. Inside a church behind Mandela's property in the eastern village of Qunu, … In an …

The gulf between rich and poor “exploded” in Kazakhstan after it gained independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and it has still not closed, according to Gulmira Ileuova, head of the Centre for Social and Political Research …