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

Valentine Stella, a dedicated teacher at Little Lions School in Kibera, transforms young lives by healing trauma and ...

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: ...

In Africa's largest slum town, a retired railway worker has turned an abandoned shack into a library for the local children. Every afternoon at four o'clock, Joseph Otieno unlocks a dented metal door ...

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 ...

Experts weigh in on challenges from climate change and water access to upstream-downstream conflict and industry abuse.

Informality in African cities is not only a symptom of failed governance, but it is also a calculated electoral strategy, ...

Located in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Code with Kids, a community-focused organization dedicated to providing affordable and accessible science, technology, ...

Students enjoying a reading session in the newly opened Kibera community library [Bernard Orwongo,Standard] Children in Kibera have received a significant boost to their learning prospects with the ...

Packed into just a small stretch of land, this slum is home to more than a million people and a nonstop economy. Workshops, factories, and informal businesses operate around the clock, generating ...

At Mathari Hospital, flanking Nairobi’s Mathare slum, a grandmother waits in line to see a doctor, struggling to calm the crying baby in her arms.“It’s the heat rashes,” she tells a nurse, rolling off ...