Close to 900 million people across the Global South live in densely packed urban slums, which often sit in floodplains. A new study finds that one in three slum dwellers is at risk of “disastrous” ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As the United Nations prepares a 20-year plan to cope with the challenges of booming urbanization, residents of the world's five biggest slums are battling to ...

Proportion of Urban Population Living in Slums (2018): 3.5% In 2018, Belize had an urban population of 174,000. In the country, only 6,000 people lived in slums, which is the second-lowest absolute ...

Mumbai's BMC has identified nearly 8,000 commercial units operating within slum areas, generating approximately Rs 21 crore ...

In Nigeria and elsewhere around the world, slums are being dismantled on the pretext of protecting people from climate change ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) - Habitat for Humanity has built a Third World slum in its own back yard as a sort of theme park of poverty that it hopes will motivate visitors to contribute to efforts to build ...

Maleesha Kharwa’s rise from the slums of Mumbai to the international fashion stage is not just a story of personal triumph but a testament to resilience, hope, and the power of dreaming big. Born into ...

It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet this 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is ...

American entrepreneur and business owner Robert Kiyosaki said in an interview, "America is going to be the poorest country in the world, starting now." Kiyosaki, known for his book "Rich Dad Poor Dad, ...

*Millions leave, but slums expanding worldwide *China, India growth fuels slum exodus *Millennium goal inadequate - U.N. official RIO DE JANEIRO, March 19 (Reuters) - Almost a quarter of a billion ...

According to a report by CGTN News, Kabul alone has around 30 slums, which house almost 75% of the capital city’s population. In total, approximately 7.4 million urban citizens in Afghanistan live in ...