This neighbourhood was once so cut off from the outside world that it became a slum, but the addition of a series of ...

The Brazilian city's tourism chief said today the company, Private Tours, could be stripped of its licence after a report in today's Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper that it had set up meetings between ...

Sauntering through the busy streets filled with beautiful pottery, fine leather, exquisite puppetry, and sparkling sarees, I came across a man sitting by the side of the road. Noticing I was by myself ...

What comes to mind when you think of Mumbai's Dharavi, one of the world's largest slums? For most, it is crowded lanes, cramped homes and tough living conditions. But that is only part of the story.

My semester studying in Bengaluru, India, was the most chaotic of my life. It was difficult to study and apply myself while dealing with the most intense culture shock I’ve experienced in my life. If ...

MAKOKO, Nigeria (AP) — Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos. Riding on the vessels are giant cardboard ...