10,000 new residents arrive in Kibera every year. At such a dizzying rate, it is no wonder that the slum, in southern Nairobi, Kenya, is the largest in Africa. The community was first settled when the ...

This guest post is by journalist Abby Higgins, in partnership with The Seattle Globalist. It’s the fourth in a five-part series which reveals the economically complex and culturally rich life of urban ...

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 ...

Around 60% of the Kenyan capital's 4.4 million inhabitants live in 200 high-density informal settlements like Kibera, which account for around 6% of the city's total land area. African leaders, ...

It is Friday morning, and the southeastern fringe of Kibera slum comes alive as teams of women and youngsters converge on the edge of the Nairobi dam. There, on its northern perimeter, some rake and ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global water treatment company Pentair plc, the Pentair Foundation, and Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) recently completed a multi-year endeavor to expand access to safe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young people studying in the library in the Kibera slum, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The community advocacy ...

In Kenya’s Kibera slum, an independently led and funded soccer league is credited with a remarkable reduction in criminality and substance abuse. Shadows dance together on the dry red earth as the ...