Young people studying in the library in the Kibera slum, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The community ...

Members of Macedonia Baptist Church in Ocean Springs walked out of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans with ...

Quarantined West Point residents are desperate for food and supplies. — -- MONROVIA, Liberia – The streets outside West Point are empty of pedestrians. Shops normally bustling with activity are ...

This is the 29th in a series of in-depth stories based on the findings of the City of Frankfort’s African American Historic ...

This area sits within Madagascar’s capital, yet feels disconnected from the rest of the city. Homes are tightly packed, ...

We live in an urban century. Already more than 50% of the global population lives in urban areas. The United Nations estimates that by 2030 five billion of the world’s population of eight billion will ...

Though the demand for their bridal veils is high, the artisans’ labour remains invisible and undervalued, leaving the women with just enough income to survive while bearing the physical, financial and ...

Forget about Utopia or even the dystopian Los Angeles depicted in Blade Runner. The future of the city is a vast Third World slum. This year, the world will pass a milestone so profoundly significant ...

Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, housing more than 250,000 of the 2.5 million slum dwellers in the city of 4 million. This story is the third in a five-part series about displacement and the ...

NAIROBI—Thanks to its white sandy beaches and world-famous parks, Kenya is a must-visit for many of the world’s travelers. Nairobi, however, champions storytelling as a way to spread its rich culture, ...

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 ...

The coronavirus outbreak has shined a spotlight on the often overlooked underbelly of India’s “city of dreams” – the slums and other informal settlements where about 49% of its population resides.