After slums and monkeys, Delhi removes stray dogs from streets as G20 nears
New Delhi, India Reuters Hundreds of stray dogs that roam the streets of the Indian capital Delhi are being rounded up by authorities and moved to shelters in the run-up to the G20 summit this weekend, according to animal activists and Reuters witnesses. Authorities have already cleared many slums in the city and put up […]
Dharavi: Adani’s bid to remake Mumbai slum spurs residents’ doubts, favouritism claims
DHWANI PANDYA and ADITYA KALRA, of Reuters. report…
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…
Getting hotter: Heat stress rises for Dhaka’s poor as green spaces shrink
MD TAHMID ZAMI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as temperatures soar in Bangladesh’s crowded capital, accessing cooler spots like parks is getting harder…
Housing hardships: Nigeria’s slum lords evict the poorest as rents soar
As PHILIP OBAJI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports, rent inflation is causing pain in a nation where most people spend over half their income on housing, especially in Abuja…
Heightened vulnerability: South Asia’s poorest city dwellers bear brunt of worsening floods
ATHAR PARVAIZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on fears marginalised city dwellers across South Asia face even harsher threats ahead as rains becomes more erratic and intense…
“Useless for us”: New Indonesian capital excludes Indigenous, poor
RINA CHANDRAN and LEO GALUH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that the new capital city will uproot thousands of indigenous people, and offers little incentive for poorer residents in Jakarta to move…
Egypt: New bridge spells end to life in Old Cairo’s City of the Dead
The Thomson Reuters Foundation report on concerns over the impacts of a major bridge project in the sprawling Egyptian capital…
Automating access: Vending machines bring safe, cheap water to Nairobi slums
DOMINIC KIRUI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how an initiative to install water-dispensing vending machines to ease the water access crisis in city slums…
Wow!: Wheels on the bus bring school to New Delhi students amid pandemic
ANUSHREE FADNAVIS, of Reuters, reports from New Delhi on an initiative to give children of migrants, labourers, ragpickers and scavengers a chance at an education they might not otherwise get…