In the 30 years that Josephine Muthoni has lived in Nairobi's Mukuru slum, she has never had a steady supply of clean water.

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 ...

Argentina's "slum priests," who have been taking the church's teachings to the poor since the 1960s, were energized by Francis's exhortation to Catholic youth in 2013 ...

It is named after a massive nearby rubbish dump, but people are queuing up to move into Abuja's Big Bola slum as rents ...

They once lived the 'gangster life.' Now they tackle food insecurity in Kenya's slums MATHARE, Kenya (AP) — Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, ...

Venezuelan authorities have begun moving hundreds of squatters out of an abandoned skyscraper in Caracas and into new homes. Named after its developer, financier David Brillembourg, "The Tower of ...

In the narrow lanes behind the Mumbai train tracks, the slum's first Oscar party turned into a raucous celebration of two hometown heroes, complete with Bollywood dance moves and squeals of joy from ...

In this episode on Tekniq, In this episode on Tekniq, we explore the activities pertaining to landfilled waste, a gigantic ...

Brazilian security forces have occupied a Rio de Janeiro favela in a bid to remove drug gangs from the city ahead of the World Cup this summer. In a dawn raid on Sunday, police swarmed the Mare slum, ...