Kenya’s President William Ruto has condemned recent anti-government protests that left dozens dead. Speaking Wednesday in ...

Police in Kenya have clashed with demonstrators during the latest anti-government protests, and the state-funded human rights ...

Demonstrators gesture to anti-riot police during demonstrations in the Kangemi slum of Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, July 7, 2025.

An armed police vehicle parks on road ahead of demonstrations to mark the historic 1990 Saba Saba protests in the Kangemi ...

Most residents of Nairobi’s slums live in extreme poverty, meaning they exist on just a couple of dollars a day. With such meager earnings, the increasing cost of living in recent years has made life ...

A diverse crowd of more than 40 students gathered in the Howard Thurman Center last night for a screening of the documentary Slum Survivors, a film that follows five residents of Kibera, a Nairobi, ...

Kenya is a young country, with a median age of around 20 years old. In Nairobi’s population of around 5.5 million people, those age 19 to 22 make up the majority.

As these informal settlements grew over the years, their names – and the names of places within them – have grown to encapsulate their history.