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 ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 02 (IPS) - An annual report card on the ambitious U.N.-led initiative known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) says that in three areas - poverty, slums and water – the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During my 12 days on Cebu Island, there was one place that left a particularly strong impression on me.The slums.Before I ...

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) ...

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 ...