In the heart of Nairobi lies Mukuru kwa Reuben, a vibrant yet challenging community that has shaped the lives of many, including one young Kenyan whose journey embodies resilience and determination.

This paper measures migration flows and determinants in two slum settlements in Nairobi City between 2003 and 2007 ... short-term migrants spending on average less than 3 years in the area. Migration ...

Nairobi residents at work on eradicating slums, residents of Mukuru Fuata Nyayo slums are working on different ways of recycling waste products in their area. [File, Standard] An initiative aimed ...

Young girls line up to get their makeup applied at a salon, prior to the start of a Christmas ballet event in Kibera slum, one of the busiest neighborhoods of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, Kenya ...

Yet against these statistics, sprawls of slum areas in the urban areas ... of land economics at The University of Nairobi, says that while rural areas often suffer a lack of quality, the urban ...

A 30-year-old man was electrocuted as he connected power to his house in Mkuru Kayaba slums, Nairobi.Police and locals said the man was found dead on Sunday night moments after he had been ...

Strewn across public lands, railway tracks and water streams, Kibera, the world’s third largest slum, is an imposing sight. Located just three miles from the vibrant, cosmopolitan charms of Nairobi, ...

Kibera zine: Citizen journalism in Africa's biggest slum Nairobi National Park railway ... Arthur Shakwira was also watching as the area he has called home for more than two decades, was flattened.

A chance encounter with a priest trying to fund a basketball court at a Catholic school in the Nairobi slum of Korogocho inspired her to raise money for the first class of musicians there.

Mechanical claws of excavators have been tearing into buildings in an upmarket area of Kenya's capital ... 30,000 people were demolished in a Nairobi slum to make way for a new dual carriage ...

Young dancers run to go and perform at a Christmas ballet event in Kibera slum, one of the busiest neighborhoods of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. Brian Inganga - staff ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — 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 ...