It is named after a massive nearby rubbish dump, but people are queuing up to move into Abuja's Big Bola slum as rents ...

Each summer, the thousand or so families living in a floodplain informal settlement on the edge of Kathmandu brace themselves ...

By 2063, Africa’s cities will host an additional one billion people. Yet today, 23 of the continent’s 52 countries remain low-income, with more than 80% of urban jobs in the informal sector. For ...

A massive fire erupted in the Rani Garden slums of Delhi's Geeta Colony, originating from a scrap warehouse and requiring eight fire trucks. Meanwhile, a separate fire in a Ghaziabad residential ...

In another decisions, the Cabinet approved a state-wide sewage treatment and reuse policy for 424 urban local bodies. MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday approved a scheme that seeks to ...

MUMBAI: In a major infrastructure push, the BMC’s P North ward has initiated the demolition of approximately 357 slum structures in Valnai near the Mith Chowky metro junction in Malad West. The move ...

In Kawangare, one of the many “informal settlements” – or slums – in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Jane is often worried about the weather. The droughts and flood events that hit her neighbourhood are ...

Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the implementation of the slum cluster redevelopment scheme through Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) for projects on large private, govt, and semi-govt ...

Is he a slumdog millionaire? An Australian influencer has been accused of engaging in “poverty tourism” after filming himself “surviving” in an Indian slum, as seen in a viral Instagram video. “I ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday condemned the detention of Bengali-speaking Muslim citizens across the country, labelling them as "illegal" while ...

The significant shocks that have buffeted the global economy over the past five years have weighed heaviest on low-income countries and fragile and conflict-affected states. The post-pandemic recovery ...