Inequality

We've made significant progress on poverty, but we still have a long way to go

A child leaps across an open sewer in Kisenyi, a slum in Kampala, March 28, 2009. MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (UGANDA) - RTXESAG

Extreme poverty is still on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Image: REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Sonia Elks
Journalist, Reuters
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