"When I started, there was poop in bags everywhere," said Ricky Ojwang, skillfully navigating a rubbish-strewn canal in Mukuru, a Nairobi slum where he's worked to improve sanitation since 2012.

MATHARE, Kenya (AP) — Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, snatching phones, mugging people and battling police. But when Kariaga's brother was shot ...

Cartels sell water to slum dwellers at hugely inflated prices Dispensers let residents buy clean water with rechargable tokens Nearly half of Kenya's urban population lives in slums NAIROBI, Sept 14 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Throughout the summer of 2024, young Kenyans have taken to the streets of the capital, Nairobi, in a series of anti-government demonstrations. But the roots of the protests predate ...

Pope Francis arrives on his popemobile to celebrate a Mass on the campus of the University of Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. Pope Francis told Christian and Muslim leaders in Kenya on ...

In Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, it is estimated that over 70% of the population live in informal settlements. Many of these have a history rooted in colonial policies whereby the “African native” ...

Traders and well-wishers, help salvage properties left, after fire razed down Grogon market in Nairobi, in an early Sunday morning incident on June 04 2017.The cause of fire not immediately known.

Living in Nairobi’s slums is tough – residents are 35% more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than those in rural areas ___8301747___2018___4___25___13 ...

NAIROBI, Jan 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - 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. As she ...