Blackboard Learn. Chris Scaffidi - CS361 Software Engineering I - Winter 2011 Syllabus. CS. Poverty in Africa. Poverty in Africa,famine and disease. In this FAO Poverty In Africa map, Darker is Poorer but some light areas are just 'no data' - see our Poor in a Rich World page. A majority of the worlds poorest countries today are in Africa. Of course some African countries like South Africa and Egypt are not quite as poor as others like Angola and Ethiopia. And though in recent years absolute poverty in Africa has shown some slight falls, African income levels have actually been dropping relative to the rest of the world. So poor Africa has been getting relatively poorer on average, and 2014 sees North East Africa again having starvation for millions in the region now especially affecting Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan - and in Somalia religious war has been worsening the famine situation there. famine in africa1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
But many countries in Africa are now showing some real signs of progress towards better governance. African poverty often means widespread hunger and starvation.