Stephen Ochieng’ Nyandiare, a Kenyan man who rose from the informal settlements of Kisumu is set to receive a prestigious ...

The NGOs say the idea behind the initiative is to push women, who are mostly working as house helpers in various apartment ...

Abiding by court rulings which warn against forced eviction. Lagos courts have often ruled against forced evictions, especially when carried out without due process or resettlement arrangements. The ...

Dharavi’s unique advantage is that it squats, 620 acres of swamp, sewer and slums, right in the heart of Mumbai ...

In resettlement colonies built near the Deonar landfill, life expectancy is low, jobs scarce and health problems abound.

Representatives of Slum Mahila Sanghatane, a city-based organisation working towards the welfare of slum dwellers, say that ...

However, while residents of Mumbai’s slums are getting bigger homes, they aren’t necessarily livable. Slum-free Mumbai Pre-1995, a committee headed by former chief secretary Dinesh Afzalpurkar ...

Officials will be taken to task if waterlogging is reported from areas they are responsible for, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha ...

Razia Khan, 28, works in the kitchen area as her husband, Zubair Khan, 32, eats lunch, while their kids watch a mobile phone inside their one-room house in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums ...