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

Several families from Kibera slums in Nairobi were kicked out of new homes they occupied last year under the slum upgrading project. On Monday, belongings of at least three families were dumped ...

In Kibera, often called Africa's largest urban slum, some roadside vegetable stands are accepting an unconventional form of payment: Bitcoin. Approximately 200 residents in the Soweto West area of ...

People try to put out a fire in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, on Jan. 17, 2026. A fire broke out here on Saturday, causing dozens of houses burned down. No casualties have been reported yet. (Photo: ...

At least four people are feared dead after a fire razed down over 2000 structures in Kibera slum. The fire which began at around 7:30am burnt down shanties in Kibera’s Laini Saba area. There were ...

Defying the sweltering afternoon heat, Jenny Fair and her young peers huddled around a large table, marveling at remotely controlled robots making circular motions. Currently in Grade Seven, the ...

Ruto made the promise last Sunday, during a church function next to the Kibera slum in Nairobi. He said the ambitious vision will be achieved through his government’s Affordable Housing Project.

As the killing mounted in Kenya, Ken Okoth spent the last few days making desperate calls to his family in the Kibera slum of Nairobi. Okoth grew up poor in Kibera, but he got out — first to an ...

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 ...