Kennedy Odede knows what poverty is. He grew up in Kibera, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. It's a place ...

Chief Justice Martha Koome has directed courts in Kibera to operate on Saturdays in a move aimed at ending the practice where ...

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. Hundreds of ...

It has become a popular pastime among academics and development ‘experts’ to slice and dice the subject of foreign aid and Africa’s development. Books on this subject occupy whole sections in ...

In Africa's largest slum town, a retired railway worker has turned an abandoned shack into a library for the local children.

10,000 new residents arrive in Kibera every year. At such a dizzying rate, it is no wonder that the slum, in southern Nairobi, Kenya, is the largest in Africa. The community was first settled when the ...

KIBERA, Kenya — Nearly 10 months after a grandmother in England became the first person in the world to get vaccinated against Covid-19 outside of a clinical trial, we were finally able to start ...

Kenyan multi-talented artist Krysteen Savane, who is also the director of Anno's One Fine Day Art Centre, Kibera, has been awarded the insignia of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight ...

I had only lived in Kibera for 15 minutes when I saw a police officer and was arrested. But it would be years before I saw a real doctor. In 2001, at the age of 13, I had come to Kenya’s largest ...

The Kenya China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCCI) demonstrated its continued commitment to education, climate ...

Why are we asking for donations? Why are we asking for donations? This site is free thanks to our community of supporters. Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible for ...