Imagine sleeping in a wire cage smaller than a prison cell, cockroaches beneath your back, and air so toxic it makes your lungs bleed. In cities like Manila and Jakarta, this is not an exception—it’s ...

A leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Otunba Segun Showunmi, on Wednesday hailed the developmental strides ...

Slumming For Centuries. Slum tourism is not a new phenomenon, although much has changed since its beginning. “Slumming” was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in the 1860s, meaning “to ...

A group of people raise slogans opposing redevelopment of Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, through the Adani Group during a protest in Mumbai, India, Aug. 9, 2023.

Inside Haiti slum branded world's most dangerous place: 'Like a Middle East warzone' Over 200 people were killed in the area in a 10 day period as gang violence forced many to flee their homes.

The slum is Japan's largest "yoseba," a place where prospective employers can find day laborers, per human rights group Hurights Osaka.A 2008 investigation by The Guardian estimated that there ...

When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all around,” he said.

When residents of a slum cluster in New Delhi's Janta Camp area heard that the G20 Summit ... "It was difficult for my children to go to school everyday from the place we were staying in earlier ...

Sources said the 3,000 slum dwellers of Nehrubangla have no access to cyclone shelter and have taken refuge in a temple. They lack drinking water, dry food and other necessities because officials ...

When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all around,” he said.