Former residents from the waterfront settlement of Otodo Gbame in Lagos. They've been displaced and are now living in Makoko, another waterfront slum. At 5:30 a.m. on April 9, Salako Hunsa awoke to ...

Slum living is a common outgrowth of urban development, especially in developing parts of the world. A staggering 62% of the urban population of Sub-Saharan Africa resides in slums. In Enkanini, a ...

In this article, we take a look at the 20 countries with the lowest slum population in the world. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of slum populations, you can directly go to 5 ...

Why do slums co-exist with affluent neighbourhoods? Mukuru with South B, Kangemi with Loresho, Githogori with Runda, Mathare with Muthaiga, Deep Sea with Spring Valley? Other towns outside Nairobi ...

That is according to a new study published in Nature Cities, which measures the flood risk of global-south populations living in “slums” – as defined by UN-Habitat. Using a combination of machine ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Tenants in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, receive drastically inferior household services and pay more rent compared to those in its formal settlements, according to new research from ...

Kibra slum residents arrive for the collection of their keys to their new houses in Kibera Soweto East Zone 'A' , Nairobi County. [Elvis Ogina,Standard] Ongoing efforts by President William Ruto to ...

Women’s History Month comes every March, and groups, individuals, businesses and corporations are celebrating the contributions of women all over the world, as well as advocating for changing their ...