In Africa's largest slum town, a retired railway worker has turned an abandoned shack into a library for the local children. Every afternoon at four o'clock, Joseph Otieno unlocks a dented metal door ...

Kennedy Odede knows what poverty is. He grew up in Kibera, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. It's a place ...

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 Christmas spirit. Hundreds of ...

Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya — In Kibera, Africa’s biggest slum, you can scratch out a living by preaching, begging, frying dough, burning charcoal, selling pirated DVDs or making illicit moonshine.

Valentine Stella, a dedicated teacher at Little Lions School in Kibera, transforms young lives by healing trauma and empowering girls through hair braiding.

More than 7,000 miles from the lavish fanfare of New York City’s Fifth Avenue, Kibera’s bustling streets tell a divergent story of fashion ingenuity. Throughout the Nairobi area settlement, bold ...

Kenyan multi-talented artist Krysteen Savane, who is also the director of Anno's One Fine Day Art Centre, Kibera, has been awarded the insignia of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight ...

Mr. Robert Mandela who many refer to as the pride of Embakasi is renowned fashion designer and CEO of Roma Designs Africa. App Your Game visited him at his workshop and below is what we prepared for ...

KIBERA, Kenya — Nearly 10 months after a grandmother in England became the first person in the world to get vaccinated against Covid-19 outside of a clinical trial, we were finally able to start ...

Through Kibera Stories, Brian Otieno looks beyond the stark realities that have defined his hometown’s visual narrative to photograph innovative fashion, art and everyday life. Photographs by Brian ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...