On the eastern side of Nairobi (Kenya’s capital city), lies Mathare Valley slums. The slum, one of the oldest in Africa, is home to over half a million households all confined within a mere square ...

Nairobi, Kenya – Collins Obondo stood atop the rubble of a house in Mathare, one of the largest informal settlements in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, surveying the aftermath of a flood that destroyed his ...

MATHARE, Kenya (AP) — Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, snatching phones, mugging people and battling police. But when Kariaga's brother was shot ...

• Like other slums in the city, Mathare slums are characterised by poverty, lack of education, unemployment and high crime rates. • Most of the students at the school come from humble backgrounds in ...

Visiting Bandari forced Mathare United to a third straight draw after both sides settled for a 0-0 score line on Saturday. Bandari, who have lost only one match on the road this season, continued with ...

The ‘Slum Boys’ have hailed the latest sponsorship signed by the local federation saying it will help improve the top-flight Mathare United have described the deal as “a huge facelift” for Kenyan ...

Africa Eye investigates the impact of the deadly coronavirus in Mathare, one of Kenya's poorest settlements. As the pandemic looms, heavy-handed policing leads to violence and a series of tragic ...

•Goalkeeper coach Samuel Koko will assume first-team coaching duties at the Slum Boys as the club embarks on finding a suitable replacement. • Omondi confirmed his departure saying he tried his best ...