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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The project aims to map the whole world - eventually - and become a tool for better city planning as mayors decide which areas most need sewers, roads and other basics DAKAR, Oct 23 (Thomson Reuters ...

SHOFCO CEO Kennedy Odede engages with a SWEP member at the inauguration of the Bondo SUN Community Centre in Siaya County, Kenya. I grew up in Kenya’s Kibera slum, the largest in Africa. My mom never ...

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 ...

The bulldozers and government officials arrived just before dawn, tearing down the row of shanties as its bewildered residents watched inconsolably nearby. “We were so frightened,” said 56-year-old ...

Is he a slumdog millionaire? An Australian influencer has been accused of engaging in “poverty tourism” after filming himself “surviving” in an Indian slum, as seen in a viral Instagram video. “I ...