Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, housing more than 250,000 of the 2.5 million slum dwellers in the city of 4 million. This story is the third in a five-part series about displacement and the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

CAIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In a compound in southeastern Cairo, Elham Fouad walks through a clean, organised street full of colourful buildings with her husband and young daughter. The scene ...

To die of the coronavirus or die of hunger - many in India's slums feel like they are in a desperate predicament. Bharpai, a 54-year-old grandmother, who lives on the fringes of New Delhi is trying to ...

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Upgrading slums and giving tenancy rights to residents is key to climate change adaptation and disaster mitigation in India's cities, an analyst said, as the ...

Oluwaseyi Omowunmi Popogbe works for Crawford University, Ogun State, Nigeria. Social exclusion means being excluded from participating wholly in the society, often as a result of belonging to a ...

In a high-rise apartment in downtown Durban, Tizzie Gomba surveys her tidy little home with obvious satisfaction. It’s modest, clean and safe. Best of all, it allows the 43-year-old office worker and ...

To fast-track the redevelopment of Mumbai’s slums and move toward a slum-free city, the Maharashtra government has issued a new order stating that individual slum-dwellers’ consent will no longer be ...

Around 17,000 slum dwellers will get free homes as redevelopment of Mata Ramabai Nagar in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area kicked off on Tuesday. An official ceremony (Bhoomipujan) for the redevelopment of ...

Some people have vouched for the need to provide a basic income for all to solve many problems around the world. In Kenya right now, the country is under lockdown from 7pm to 5am, and there is no ...

MUMBAI: In a move that will expedite the redevelopment of Mumbai’s slums, the state government on Thursday said the consent of slum residents is not required for the slum cluster redevelopment scheme.