Young people studying in the library in the Kibera slum, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The community advocacy organization SHOFCO operates 22 libraries across Kibera, providing ...

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

Pastor John and his wife have spent the last decade working to break the cycle of spiritual and emotional poverty in a ...

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 ...

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

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 ...