Lagos slum evictions don’t work: 6 ways city planners can actually help the poor: Millions of people in Lagos live in slums. Slums typically have poor housing infrastructure and sanitation, and limited access to education, health facilities and clean drinking water. These challenges make the people who live in slums vulnerable to health crises, high …
Kenya’s flood evictions may violate the law – scholar: Recent floods in Kenya have left at least 270 people dead, displaced more than 200,000 and destroyed property, infrastructure and livelihoods across the country. In Nairobi, hundreds of people in informal settlements were left homeless and thousands were displaced. And now, the government has been evicting …
Jerusalem: evictions show how urban planning is being weaponised against Palestinians: Palestinian residents protest evictions in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Haim Yacobi, Author provided One olive in my garden is better than anything material in the whole world. These sad words were uttered by Mahmoud Salhiya after his home in Sheikh Jarrah was recently …
South Africa in the news: The Latest: Arizona extends pandemic moratorium on evictions: They also want charter schools to start the year online. JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has surpassed Mexico and Chile with its number of confirmed coronavirus cases and now has the world’s sixth-highest …: “South Africa” – BingNews The Latest: US Says COVID-19 …
Evictions in Nairobi: why the city has a problem and what can be done to fix it: About 250,000 people live in Kibera slum in Nairobi. Shutterstock/Authentic travel A new road in Nairobi, Kenya, is set to displace up to 30,000 Kibera slum residents. The bulldozers moved in the early hours of the morning as …