Packed into just a small stretch of land, this slum is home to more than a million people and a nonstop economy. Workshops, factories, and informal businesses operate around the clock, generating ...

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Amphibious excavators escorted by armed policemen have roared through Makoko, Africa's largest and most legendary floating ...

Explore how Bengaluru's housing policies fail the urban poor, leading to the rise and demolition of slums in the city.

The City Council of Nairobi in conjunction with the World Bank plans to upgrade all informal settlements in the city at a cost of Sh14.7 billion in the wake of increased fire outbreaks in the slums.

A new study suggests that the 'neighbourhood effect' of slums could help to alleviate some of their associated health problems. A team of academics led by Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick ...

The government has declared May 10 a day of mourning to mark the deaths from disastrous floods and pledged to help. But some say the authorities... In Kenya's flooded slums, people mourn their losses ...

Though Isabella Mogeni lost everything she owned, she was lucky to survive the heavy storm waters that swept through the Mukuru kwa Reuben slums in Nairobi, Kenya, last week, killing dozens of her ...