Around 1,000 homes were destroyed on Sunday (Nov 24) after a massive fire ripped through a slum in Manila, Philippines. The homes in Isla Puting Bato housed around 2,000 families, according to ...

MANILA -Raging orange flames and thick black smoke billowed into the sky Sunday as fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum area of the Philippine capital Manila. Manila Fire ...

Several parents and students raised concerns saying many children are unable to attend classes regularly due to the dearth of smartphones, stable internet connections or multiple devices in their ...

Landlord Ilyas Patel has been fined more than £60,000 after Newham Council discovered 13 people from four families living in squalid and ‘unsafe’ conditions in his four-bed unlicensed HMO. The ...

Your article in the DFA of 15 November 2024, “Vacant buildings turning CBD into ‘slum’,” bears reference. Whilst the article reports on the prevailing situation, there are several issues contained ...

The top 20% of residents account for two-thirds of the city’s resources, including healthcare, while the most poor live inland in more slum-like conditions. Lagos has a huge imbalance between ...