Bystanders in Argentina's Santiago del Estero witnessed a terrifying sight on December 18: a massive dust storm swept across a field like a giant wave. The storm reportedly caused widespread ...

The answer for many, sadly, is this one: slums. According to the United Nations, a slum is an area of a city mostly characterized by substandard housing and squalor. Right now, more than a billion ...

She jumps, her eyes closed, and she grins — this little girl surrounded by gang violence in her own neighborhood in Haiti.

At least 110 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti’s Cite Soleil slum when a gang leader targeted people over the age of 60 he suspected of causing his child’s illness purportedly ...

NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP, on Sunday, organised protests across nearly 970 small and large slum clusters in the city to highlight the local issues. The BJP leaders alleged that several issues have ...

Felix did not immediately comment on the accusations. Cite Soleil, a densely populated slum by the port of the capital Port-au-Prince, is among the poorest and most violent areas of Haiti.

CARACAS, Dec 9 2024 (IPS) - Poverty, while declining in Latin America and the Caribbean so far this century, shows a new face, that of the looming vulnerability of the poor as they become less rural ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday installed 21 new cardinals, many of whom are key figures in his reform agenda: A Dominican preacher who acted as the spiritual father for Francis’ recent ...

Achieng was raised in the Korogocho slums and watched her mother struggle to pay bills. She earned a scholarship and returned home determined to change the narrative by starting a library that now ...

Francis quickly substituted him with the Naples archbishop, Domenico Battaglia, known for his pastoral work in the slums and rough parts of Naples ... They include the archbishop of Santiago del ...