Young people studying in the library in the Kibera slum, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The community ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - In Nehru Nagar, the teeming Mumbai slum featured in the Golden Globe-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire," the only music heard is on tiny radio sets and the young boys have no ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A Kenyan artist is visiting Sioux Falls and using some of his artwork to give people a glimpse at what it’s like in the slums of Kenya. This comes after a fundraiser in ...

KIBERA, Kenya (Reuters) - Crispian Amolo has no electricity or running water and shares a hole-in-the-ground toilet with about 90 people but at least he does not have to scramble for 1,000 Kenyan ...

Islamabad, Pakistan — Until about a year ago, Merhia Baraki was a makeup artist for Afghanistan's state-run television network. CBS News met her Tuesday in a park in Pakistan's capital, as she tried ...

Up to 37 million households - a quarter of India's urban population - live in informal housing including slums due to a critical shortage of affordable housing KOLKATA, India, March 7 (Thomson Reuters ...

Olumuyiwa Adegun receives funding from Guest Researchers’ Scholarship, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala. Sweden. In sub-Saharan Africa, over 55% of the urban population are estimated to live in areas ...

Saniya MQ, 19, faces judgment as a hijabi rapper from Govandi in Mumbai. With support from friends, family and collaborators, ...

Divya Khosla Kumar recently talked about her tough experience living in a slum for 20 days while getting ready for a movie role. She recalled how she did daily chores and adjusted to the hard living ...

SHE grew up in one of the poorest spots on earth. She couldn’t read or write. As a child, she scrounged for food each day for herself, mother and brother. But a chance encounter with a chess coach ...