10,000 new residents arrive in Kibera every year. At such a dizzying rate, it is no wonder that the slum, in southern Nairobi, Kenya, is the largest in Africa. The community was first settled when the ...

One of Samuel’s tour guides points down the track toward Mombasa. During the height of Kenya’s July-August tourist season, tens of thousands of travelers from around the world come here for wildlife ...

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 ...

Some eight kilometres outside of the Nairobi city centre, Kenya’s largest slum, Kibera, buzzes with all manner of business activity in the corrugated iron stalls that line its roads, from fast food ...

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 ...

It is Friday morning, and the southeastern fringe of Kibera slum comes alive as teams of women and youngsters converge on the edge of the Nairobi dam. There, on its northern perimeter, some rake and ...

A major new link road is planned for the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The five-kilometer route will cut across the city’s biggest slum, Kibera, and is supposed to ease traffic congestion. Construction ...

Nairobi — Eric Makokha left his rural Kakamega home for Nairobi, hoping to find a nice job and a better life. Since he had no blood relative in the city, Makokha, 32, decided to stay with a brother-in ...