The Kangemi slum is one of 11 that proliferate in and around the largest city in East Africa, reports CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey. It's packed with 50,000 of some of the poorest of the poor.

When the outbreak hit Africa in March, many feared the disease would tear through the continent's packed slums and overwhelm fragile health systems. Mwangi marshalled Kenyan companies, NGOs ...

NAIROBI—The Nairobi-based Slum Film Festival showcases the work of East African filmmakers living in the slums. This year, the judges selected 33 films to be shown in Kibera and Mathare ...

Nairobi, Kenya - Gangs of young men rampaged through East Africa's largest slum on Tuesday, hacking people to death with machetes and burning houses in clashes over disputed rents. At least 12 ...

As the city’s population has exploded—from a third of a million at independence in 1963 to over 4m now—so too have the slums. Across Africa, they are the primary way by which hundreds of ...

If you ever doubted the industry that hallmarks East Africa's slums, a visit to Grassroots Upgraded -- on until mid-April at the Nairobi Gallery (the old PC's Office) -- is the perfect antidote.