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 ...

In Mathare and Dandora, work for many informal labourers does not begin in offices or factories.It begins in the quiet hours before sunrise when domestic workers leave their homes to wash clothes in ...

Nairobi, Kenya – Collins Obondo stood atop the rubble of a house in Mathare, one of the largest informal settlements in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, surveying the aftermath of a flood that destroyed his ...

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, ...

Sofapaka FC face one of the defining matches of their season on Saturday when they take on Mathare United at Kasarani Annex Stadium, with their FKF Premier League survival hopes hanging in the balance ...

Singer Kevin Kioko aka Bahati finished a distant third in the hotly contested Mathare MP race that was won by incumbent Anthony Oluoch of ODM. Oluoch garnered 28,098 votes and was followed by UDA's ...

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 ...