The surge in gold prices has turned Durban Deep, a decaying former mining suburb west of Johannesburg, into a chaotic ...

President Donald Trump said Friday that no U.S. government officials would be attending the Group of 20 summit this year in South Africa, citing the country’s treatment of white farmers.Trump had ...

WSJ explains how the Trump administration is able to provide $20 billion to Argentina and why it is propping up an ideological ally. Photo: Ksenia Shaikhutdinova/WSJ BUENOS AIRES—For decades, the poor ...

Sanitation is a major challenge in the informal settlements in Nairobi and other towns. Lack of it is not just uncomfortable for households, but it also exposes the slum dwellers to the risk of ...

ABSTRACT: This paper aims to use this boundary conflict as an entry point to reflect upon two major issues. First, we intend to use the eruption of the dispute between Bari and Mundari to analyze and ...

Is he a slumdog millionaire? An Australian influencer has been accused of engaging in “poverty tourism” after filming himself “surviving” in an Indian slum, as seen in a viral Instagram video. “I ...

A historic milestone was recorded on Saga Island, Lagos, a volunteer-driven nonprofit, Slum2School Africa commissioned Nigeria’s first fully eco-friendly Green Academy — a revolutionary school ...

Dotting the roadside in what is widely considered Africa’s largest urban slum are typical stands selling vegetables. What isn’t typical is their acceptance of bitcoin as a form of payment. Around 200 ...

In Kibera, often called Africa's largest urban slum, some roadside vegetable stands are accepting an unconventional form of payment: Bitcoin. Approximately 200 residents in the Soweto West area of ...