Though Isabella Mogeni lost everything she owned, she was lucky to survive the heavy storm waters that swept through the Mukuru kwa Reuben slums in Nairobi, Kenya, last week, killing dozens of her ...

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 Christmas ...

In Kawangare, one of the many “informal settlements” – or slums – in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Jane is often worried about the weather. The droughts and flood events that hit her neighbourhood are ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's poorest women risk the deadly diseases related to poor sanitation because "endemic" sexual violence in the capital's sprawling slums keeps them away from its communal ...

In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, Kenyan ballet dancer Joel Kioko, 16, strikes a pose as a joke as he walks through the courtyard of a school where he was teaching young dancers, in the Kibera ...

NAIROBI, Jan 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting on a low bench at her shop in a Nairobi slum, Grace Wangari sifted through a handful of grains that a waiting customer had just ordered. As she ...

The residents argue that the compensation fails to reflect the true value of their homes and the disruption to their livelihoods. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke ...

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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 Christmas spirit. NAIROBI, Kenya ...