Access to basic services remains a challenge for Kenya's fast-growing capital city, and in the informal settlements outside Nairobi, residents are risking their lives for access to cheap, illegal ...

Bitcoin has enabled residents of Kibera, Kenya, an avenue to store income safely, avoiding theft and risks tied to carrying physical cash. Low fees make Bitcoin ideal for international remittances, ...

Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya — In Kibera, Africa’s biggest slum, you can scratch out a living by preaching, begging, frying dough, burning charcoal, selling pirated DVDs or making illicit moonshine.

If the feared violence erupts today around the contested presidential election in Kenya, it may appear inevitable in retrospect. But the activism of an internationally known nonprofit called Shofco in ...

Ballet, a centuries-old form of European dance, is flourishing in one of Africa’s largest informal settlements. In Kibera, Kenya, we follow aspiring young dancers as they prepare for their biggest ...

A young dancer performs on a simple stage at the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, Dec. 23, 2025. A Christmas ballet performance ...

After weeks marked by tension, violent clashes, killings, rioting and looting, residents of Kenya's biggest slum, Kibera, have slowly begun rebuilding their lives. But even as an anxious calm returned ...

Life isn’t easy in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest slums. About one million people live in this sprawling settlement in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, with limited access to electricity, running water and ...

There comes a time in the history of a nation when rogues take over, go all over the place threatening people, cajole, intimidate, and get away with it - all in the process of seeking votes. Do not be ...

Rights group Amnesty International has condemned the demolition of homes, shops and schools this week in the Kibera section of Nairobi. The forced eviction left more than 10,000 of the city's urban ...

Thousands of people in Kenya‘s largest slum are now homeless after two days of demolitions by a government body that human rights activists are calling a “violation of the law”. The Kenya Urban Roads ...