Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kevin Gundo buys chips at a shop that accepts bitcoin payments at Kibera Slums in Nairobi, Kenya ...

At least 16 people, including children, have died after a gas leak at a South African slum near Johannesburg, emergency services said Thursday, revising the death toll after some people were ...

Gas disaster: Police standing near a body covered with a blanket in the Angelo slum – Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP Emma McIntyre At least 17 people ...

Recently, ministerial housing delegates from South Africa, Brazil and India put their heads together in Cape Town to come up with a united proposal for slum eradication ahead of the United Nations ...

Densely populated areas, like Mathare in Kenya, enable viruses to spread rapidly. Billy Mutai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images In a recent study, we explored healthcare and access to services ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slum is far from America but not from America's battle over abortion. Aid workers and experts say President Barack Obama's decision to allow aid money to ...

In Kibera, often called Africa's largest urban slum, some roadside vegetable stands are accepting an unconventional form of payment: Bitcoin. Approximately 200 residents in the Soweto West area of ...