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 ...

Lagos is Nigeria’s economic powerhouse, but it has some of the worst slums in the country. Lagos slums are characterised by high levels of poverty – the state of not having enough resources to meet ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australian influencer Pete Z has been accused of "poverty tourism" after filming himself "surviving" in an Indian slum, as seen in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every month, Jenifer Wangari (not her real name) has to choose between purchasing food and taking her three children to school. She stays in Kibera, one of the poorest slums in Nairobi. She and her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young people studying in the library in the Kibera slum, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The community advocacy ...

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)Every month, Alice Shikuku has to choose between buying enough food for her family and buying sanitary pads for her daughter. Her family moved to Korogocho, one of the poorest ...

In the attention economy that dominates social media, some content attracts millions of views by depicting poverty or precarious living conditions. However, these images also provoke growing unease.

The bulldozers and government officials arrived just before dawn, tearing down the row of shanties as its bewildered residents watched inconsolably nearby. “We were so frightened,” said 56-year-old ...