BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Children living in a slum in Argentina’s capital are playing cricket as part of an initiative to help them escape poverty and crime. Villa 21-24 in Buenos Aires is a ...

Today, Kenya joins the world in celebrating the World Habitat Day whose theme is; voices from the slums. While Kenya is ranked a middle income country, World Bank statistics show that 4 in every 10 ...

An estimated 83% of the United States population lives in urban areas, up from 64% in 1950. And experts predict by 2050, 89% of Americans and 68% of the world population will reside in urban areas.

Edu Lyra was restless when speaking to FORBES while walking under the stifling heat of a mid-December afternoon in São Paulo. The Brazilian social entrepreneur had just returned from a week in ...

The project aims to map the whole world - eventually - and become a tool for better city planning as mayors decide which areas most need sewers, roads and other basics DAKAR, Oct 23 (Thomson Reuters ...

SHOFCO CEO Kennedy Odede engages with a SWEP member at the inauguration of the Bondo SUN Community Centre in Siaya County, Kenya. I grew up in Kenya’s Kibera slum, the largest in Africa. My mom never ...

Is he a slumdog millionaire? An Australian influencer has been accused of engaging in “poverty tourism” after filming himself “surviving” in an Indian slum, as seen in a viral Instagram video. “I ...

Despite global efforts to improve housing and reduce urban poverty, slums remain a defining feature of many fast-growing cities in the developing world. ・Slums persist as a major issue in many ...