"We could not work; we had to leave." Residents in massive slum grapple with worsening crisis: 'I am afraid' first appeared on The Cool Down.

In our weekly series on living in Nairobi, Sammy Kimatu and Elvis Ondieki get schooled on which came first between ‘Kibra’ ...

In the 30 years that Josephine Muthoni has lived in Nairobi's Mukuru slum, she has never had a steady supply of clean water.

Sitting on a low bench at her shop in a Nairobi slum, Grace Wangari sifted through a handful of grains that a waiting customer had just ordered.

Residents can trade discarded plastic for "green points", or credits, they can redeem for services such as drinking water, toilets, showers, laundry and even meals.

Illegally placed electrical wires that are sometimes poorly insulated, plus the dumping of fuel in storm drains, spell ...

Kenyan authorities have intercepted a massive drug shipment in a high-seas operation supported by INTERPOL, seizing more than ...

The US has imposed sanctions on Russia's Rosneft and LUKoil, disrupting global energy markets and causing China's state oil giants to pause Russian oil imports. China, a major buyer of Russian oil, ...

US Navy loses two aircraft from USS Nimitz carrier within 30 minutes in South China Sea "It's blank": ODM MP predicts downfall of ODM after Raila's death ED critic arrested after US$10 000 trap ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A stampede at a soccer stadium Friday during the state funeral service for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga killed two people and injured more than 100 others. Kenyans ...

With the playoffs in full force, and the Dodgers facing the Brewers and the Mariners facing the Blue Jays, the other 26 teams are preparing for free agency. Yes, while the list of free agents isn’t as ...