Kenyan anti tax hike protests subside as police clamp down
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Protests in Kenyan cities against tax hikes and high living costs largely subsided on Thursday amid a heavy police presence, after several people were reported shot in clashes between security forces and demonstrators a day earlier. At least 300 people were arrested, including several senior opposition leaders, and several people were reported shot, […]
Urban poverty: World’s slum populations set to surge as housing crisis bites
The UN says three billion people will live in slums by 2050 unless the world tackles poverty and inequality. NITA BHALLA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
HANDS OFF!: KENYAN SLUM DWELLERS UNITE TO PROTECT CITY DAM
KAGONDU NJAGI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the battle over land rights in Nairobi’s Kibera slum…