President William Ruto says Kibera slums will be non-existent in the next ten years due to the affordable housing program. Speaking at a church service in Nairobi's Langata area, the head of state ...

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

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.

Kenya President William Ruto has made a promise to completely overhaul Kibera, one of the biggest slums in Africa, into an estate in the next 10 years. Ruto made the promise last Sunday, during a ...

In the sprawling Nairobi slum of Kibera, Renice Owino, a young computer programmer, is passing on her knowledge to disadvantaged students. Owino is the founder and driving force behind the “Code with ...

KIBERA, Kenya -- Dotting the roadside in what is widely considered Africa's largest urban slum are typical stands selling vegetables. What isn't typical is their acceptance of bitcoin as a form of ...

When the Kibera-Soweto slum upgrading pilot project was launched on World Habitat Day in 2004, it seemed like far away dream. But about 1, 500 families from the largest slum in Africa, will in the ...

With perfect pirouettes and plies, dozens of young ballet dancers gracefully moved between the makeshift iron houses of one of Africa’s largest urban slums, spreading Christmas spirit. NAIROBI, Kenya ...

As I continued exploring the city of Nairobi, Kenya, my guides took me to one of the city’s poorest areas, Kibera—the largest urban slum in Africa. In this video, we’re going to explore this ...

The Kibera Slum Upgrading Programme may remain a mirage as details emerge that beneficiaries of the scheme have rented their rooms and returned to live in the slum. Others have turned their rooms into ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — With perfect pirouettes and plies, dozens of young ballet dancers gracefully moved between the makeshift iron houses of one of Africa’s largest urban slums, spreading Christmas ...