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 square ...
After five days of gang violence in a Nairobi slum that left at least seven people dead, Kenyan officials said on Thursday that calm has returned. Thousands of people fled their homes on Wednesday in ...
People living in Nairobi’s Mathare slum fear that if catastrophic flooding does not bring down their homes, the government will Jane Kalekye trudges through the narrow muddy alley to her tin-roof ...
Nairobi’s Mathare is Kenya’s most densely populated area, with 68,941 persons living within a square kilometre in contrast to the national average of a paltry 82 persons per square kilometre. The ...
New toilet blocks in Mathare Valley informal settlement in Nairobi. Samantha Winter Women and girls who rely on shared toilets, at schools or in densely populated urban settlements, lack privacy, ...
People watch performances during a carnival in Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 11, 2023. A slum carnival, organized by non-governmental organization Dream Building Service Association (DBSA), ...
Mulama who was part of the squad that clinched the Moi Golden Cup in 1998 to secure promotion to the country's top tier, said he was traumatized by the dwindling fortunes and unexpected downfall of ...