Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is grappling with a housing crisis that has spiraled into one of the biggest challenges of urban life.

Sitting on a low bench at her shop in a Nairobi slum, Grace Wangari sifted through a handful of grains that a waiting customer had just ordered.

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Long queues in the rain, daily four-hour trips in a public taxi, the constant threat of road accidents, and nearly having to ...

In the first of a two-part series, experts warn that without urgent action, drug-resistant infections could cause millions of ...

Zohran Mamdani's face been all over the news for the last 24 hours after being voted in as the next mayor of New York City.

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High levels of inequality, within and between countries, are making the world more vulnerable to pandemics, making pandemics more economically disruptive and deadly, and making them last longer; ...

He was one of the most pivotal public figures in Kenya. He died this week after fighting against tribalism for decades. By Jeffrey Gettleman Jeffrey Gettleman was the Times’s East Africa bureau chief ...

Approximately 120 people were reported killed during a large-scale operation targeting members of Rio de Janeiro’s largest ...

We found this position not realistic as it underestimates the bigger picture regarding the impact of crowding external ...