LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As the United Nations prepares a 20-year plan to cope with the challenges of booming urbanization, residents of the world's five biggest slums are battling to ...

The neighborhood of Cota 905 in Caracas shares a name with the gang that runs it with impunity - Copyright AFP Yuri CORTEZ The neighborhood of Cota 905 in Caracas ...

Observations from youth political literacy efforts in Delhi’s resettlement colonies and bastis reveal a consistent pattern.

Young men who once lived the “gangster life” in Kenya's capital have become farmers with a social mission. MATHARE, Kenya (AP) — Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in ...

An international study on container-based sanitation (CBS) systems has found that this portable toilet option significantly improves the quality of life for people living in urban slums in Kenya, Peru ...

Holding firmly at a cue-stick on his right hand, the young man bends over a table strewn with tiny but differently coloured and numbered. With undivided attention, he points the cue-stick at a white ...

Sustainable Development Goal 6 has a target to achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all by 2030 An international study on container-based sanitation (CBS) systems has ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - In Nehru Nagar, the teeming Mumbai slum featured in the Golden Globe-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire," the only music heard is on tiny radio sets and the young boys have no ...

My Easter weekend with missionaries who follow Christ to the uttermost. For the first time in history, one of every two people lives in a city. Some 860 million of these city-dwellers reside in ...

What would you do if someone gave you $26? Many people would probably buy a packet of unga, sugar, milk, oil and soap, and sweets with the remaining cents. But the case was different for the late ...

IYANII BIOGRAPHY NAME IAN OURE AGE N/A GENDER MALE OCCUPATION KENYAN MUSICIAN Iyanii, whose real name is Ian Oure, is a ...