More than 7,000 miles from the lavish fanfare of New York City’s Fifth Avenue, Kibera’s bustling streets tell a divergent story of fashion ingenuity. Throughout the Nairobi area settlement, bold ...

Kibera's slums assault the senses like a barbeque in a hot toilet. Raw waste carves gullies along the ragged ribbons of bare earth that serve as side streets and alleys, where children crawl and play ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Vote for Kibera,” winner of the audience prize at the Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival, is the result of two years of working ...

Through Kibera Stories, Brian Otieno looks beyond the stark realities that have defined his hometown’s visual narrative to photograph innovative fashion, art and everyday life. Photographs by Brian ...

"How are you? How are you? How are you?" is the memory that lingers after a day spent exploring the slums of Kibera in Kenya's capital Nairobi. Everywhere children were chasing me and chanting these ...

With a tap on her tablet, teacher Dorice Nereah brought colorful images of fruits, animals, and faraway places to life for dozens of children in Kibera, Kenya's largest informal settlement. "Children ...

KIBERA, Kenya — Nearly 10 months after a grandmother in England became the first person in the world to get vaccinated against Covid-19 outside of a clinical trial, we were finally able to start ...

I had only lived in Kibera for 15 minutes when I saw a police officer and was arrested. But it would be years before I saw a real doctor. In 2001, at the age of 13, I had come to Kenya’s largest ...

Bitcoin is quietly taking root in Kibera, Kenya's largest informal settlement (or slum). In July 2025, more than 200 locals now use BTC as a working medium of exchange for everyday transactions, ...

Click to view Kibera, a dense, 2.5 square km shantytown outside Nairobi, is the largest slum in Kenya. It’s estimated that possibly a million people live its maze of houses and outdoor markets. Now a ...