Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says improving rural human settlements, both in terms of the rural ecological environment and the creation of a healthy rural human settlements environment, ...

And only 75.5 per cent of the households in rural areas were using improved sanitation facilities, against 93.5 per cent in the urban. Yet against these statistics, sprawls of slum areas in the ...

“Hunger, poverty, youth unemployment and forced migration - all have deep roots in rural areas,” it said in a report. View of Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India, Mar 16. The persistence of slums in ...

According to the Cities Alliance, slums develop due to two main reasons: rapid rural-to-urban migration and bad governance. The United Nations estimated that in 2022, 55% of the world’s ...

We found that the low socio-economic status of the slum residents, coupled with high medication prices, limited treatment. Nairobi's slum dwellers experience sub-optimal access to essential services.

What six decades ago was termed the county’s “worst rural slum area'” has become a destination for residents with a desire for upscale rural living. “We see all over the mountain the ...

We found that the low socio-economic status of the slum residents, coupled with high medication prices, limited treatment. Nairobi’s slum dwellers experience sub-optimal access to essential ...