The UNICEF WASH specialist noted that Nigeria’s sanitation crisis mirrors a broader regional trend in West and Central Africa ...

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

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

Thomas Annan was a pioneering Scottish photographer best known for his remarkable documentation of Glasgow’s slums and ...

A new website that records the lives and evictions of slum dwellers in the Indian city of Delhi will help address the chronic ...

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

Zohran Mamdani’s rent freeze, free transit, and public grocery plans test socialism’s urban promise and expose capitalism’s ...

Korail does not fit neatly into Dhaka’s urban picture, but maybe that is what makes it what it is — a place constantly creating, rebuilding, and living on its own terms ...

Abstract: Slums (Informal Settlements) are the most dynamic areas whose geographical locations are inaccurate according to official statistics and maps because of the exponential expansion of ...

In Nairobi’s New Mukuru Housing Estate, residents who once lived in congested shacks now enjoy modern apartments with private bathrooms, clean water, reliable electricity, free Wi-Fi, and cooking gas ...