Nigeria is home to four of the worst, including Onitsha ... the sulphur smell can be quite asphyxiating,” she says. In the slums and shantytowns where Johannesburg's toxic load of mining dust and ...

No Slum Will Be Demolished In Delhi, Says Chief Minister Rekha Gupta The government has a budget of Rs 700 crores to build drains, toilets, bathrooms and parks for children in slums, said Rekha Gupta.

The Lagos State Government has said it is targeting a 50 per cent reduction of slums in the state annually, and this is progressing with the urban regeneration of some identified slums in the state.

MUMBAI: Responding to queries on the resistance to the Dharavi redeveloment project from a section of slum-dwellers, its CEO, S V R Srinivas, told TOI that more than 50% of the residents have ...

Zimbabwe plans to cull around 50 elephants in a reserve where the population exceeds carrying capacity, aiming to manage numbers and distribute meat to local communities.

New Delhi: On Saturday, in northeast Delhi's Dayalpur, a 9-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and murdered by a neighbour. Her body was found stuffe.

From Manila’s slums to Dubai’s skyline: How Filipina entrepreneur Jenny Raet turned scraps into success. Once homeless and hungry, Jenny now leads a restaurant chain in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday assured residents that no slum or jhuggi basti in the Capital will be demolished, asserting that her government is committed to upgrading infrastructure in ...

A major demolition drive is underway at Madrasi Camp in Delhi's Jangpura area, targeting over 350 slums amid heavy police presence. The demolition drive at this location has been ongoing since ...

Twenty-five years after the seizure of thousands of white-owned farms, Zimbabwe has begun paying back farmers whose land was taken.

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law a contentious bill that requires all motorists to buy a radio licence before acquiring vehicle insurance.

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the firing line.