A fire broke out on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 4, in the Mukuru Kwa Njenga slums, leaving about 100 families without ...

A government official wants communities in informal settlements to implement basic fire safety measures as part of efforts to contain tragedies linked to outbreaks. This follows separate fire ...

MATHARE, Kenya (AP) — Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, snatching phones, mugging people and battling police. But when Kariaga's brother was shot ...

Cause unknown, but fires are common in Nairobi’s crowded, poor settlements where safety measures are often lacking ...

For more than a decade, I have been researching slums in Nairobi and speaking with low-income residents in the capital. I’ve watched Gen Zers grow up since 2010 when some were just 5 years old.

Indian travel vlogger Akash Chaudhary took to Instagram, sharing a compelling video documenting life inside Kibera, one of Africa’s and the world’s largest slums, located in Nairobi ...

We found that the low socio-economic status of the slum residents, coupled with high medication prices, limited treatment. Nairobi's slum dwellers experience sub-optimal access to essential services.

Living in Nairobi’s slums is tough – residents are 35% more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than those in rural areas ___8301747___2018___4___25___13 ...

"When I started, there was poop in bags everywhere," said Ricky Ojwang, skillfully navigating a rubbish-strewn canal in Mukuru, a Nairobi slum where he's worked to improve sanitation since 2012.

In 2011, while working for a non-profit in Kenya, Sabrina Habib visited a daycare center in an informal settlement, or slum, of Nairobi. The experience was startling. When she entered the 10 foot ...

We found that the low socio-economic status of the slum residents, coupled with high medication prices, limited treatment. Nairobi’s slum dwellers experience sub-optimal access to essential ...