Lagos is Nigeria's economic powerhouse, but it has some of the worst slums in the country. Lagos slums are characterized by high levels of poverty—the state of not having enough resources to meet ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Children living in a slum in Argentina’s capital are playing cricket as part of an initiative to help them escape poverty and crime. Villa 21-24 in Buenos Aires is a ...

Edu Lyra was restless when speaking to FORBES while walking under the stifling heat of a mid-December afternoon in São Paulo. The Brazilian social entrepreneur had just returned from a week in ...

Urban scientists on Wednesday launched the first digital map of Africa's sprawl of slums to expose the true scale of urban poverty and bring services to millions of people. The "Million Neighborhoods" ...

A photo taken March 5, 2019, shows Villa 31, a populous and marginalized neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Credit: Magali Druscovich/ Reuters via CNS.) Listen ROSARIO, Argentina – An estimated ...

Today, Kenya joins the world in celebrating the World Habitat Day whose theme is; voices from the slums. While Kenya is ranked a middle income country, World Bank statistics show that 4 in every 10 ...

AMERICUS, Ga. -- Local residents brag that poverty housing has been eliminated in this rural area, so it's ironic that one of the newest attractions in town is a re-creation of some of the world's ...

Despite global efforts to improve housing and reduce urban poverty, slums remain a defining feature of many fast-growing cities in the developing world. ・Slums persist as a major issue in many ...

Tonight (10), Edu Lyra will see the first major milestone of his plan to attract capital in the United States to advance an agenda of digital transformation to change realities of slums (favelas) ...

Residents of a South Delhi slum express frustration over government efforts to conceal poverty during the BRICS Summit ...

Delhi’s slum-covering screens ahead of the BRICS Summit have sparked criticism, with social media users questioning whether ...