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

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

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 ...

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 ...

More than 7,000 miles from the lavish fanfare of New York City’s Fifth Avenue, Kibera’s bustling streets tell a divergent story of fashion ingenuity. Throughout the Nairobi area settlement, bold ...

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 ...

Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya — In Kibera, Africa’s biggest slum, you can scratch out a living by preaching, begging, frying dough, burning charcoal, selling pirated DVDs or making illicit moonshine.

Pamela Owino, 54, who cares for children using her own resources. The children are mostly dumped by their parents or are orphans from diverse backgrounds. [Photo: Gardy Chacha, Standard] To get to ...

Kibera responded through Anna Arusi, who curled in a smart shot in the 38th minute to level the scores just before halftime. Arusi turned scorer again in the 62nd minute, steering a low shot into the ...

Kibera Soccer women's Pauline Ochieng (R) in action with Trinity Starlets' Fabrish Ayako at Gilgil on Saturday/ HANDOUTKenya Women’s Premier League side Kibera Soccer Club have raised concerns over ...