At least three people including a seven-year-old boy were shot and injured in a dramatic confrontation between suspected ...

On the eastern side of Nairobi (Kenya’s capital city), lies Mathare Valley slums. The slum, one of the oldest in Africa, is home to over half a million households all confined within a mere ...

At least three people including a seven-year-old boy were shot and injured in a confrontation between suspected thugs and ...

Among the hardest-hit areas was Mathare, one of Nairobi's largest informal ... or electricity. In Kenya, nearly 61% of urban households reside in slums. Informal settlements occupy just 5% of ...

Residents of Mathare slum use the wall to cross a flooded ... up a tree that fell overnight following heavy rainfall Kenya's capital Nairobi . A view of the area as residents of Mathare ...

said Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS). According to the KRCS, the downpours have affected the life of about 60,000 people. In the Mathare slums of Nairobi, the country's capital, residents -- mostly ...

NAIROBI — Mathare Youth Sports Association ... raise the standards of living of youth in the slums as well as Kenyan football. Among those to have paid tribute include President William Ruto, Football ...

It's a dangerous time in Kenya. From the preliminary ... The streets of Nairobi are quiet, but the alleyways of Mathare slum clatter with the sound of police and protesters exchanging tear gas ...

Africa Eye investigates the impact of the deadly coronavirus in Mathare, one of Kenya's poorest settlements. As the pandemic looms, heavy-handed policing leads to violence and a series of tragic ...

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 ...