Over 200 persons dwelling in Baba Ayoyo, a popular slum within the Ahodwo suburb of Kumasi, have been displaced after fire tore through their homes.

Nearly 15,000 families living on and along canals in Ho Chi Minh City's District 8 will be removed and resettled in apartment ...

With perfect pirouettes and plies, dozens of young ballet dancers gracefully moved between the makeshift iron houses of one of Africa’s largest urban slums, spreading Christmas spirit.

In this video, we present 40 shocking examples of urban hell on Earth — from sprawling slums and makeshift settlements to devastated neighborhoods and toxic industrial zones.

Rio de Janeiro’s favela of Rocinha sees makeshift dwellings spiral down the mountain, all but crashing into the turquoise swimming pools below.

Residents have to live within their makeshift structures which also serve as business outlets for the few lucky slum dwellers that operate small-scale businesses.

A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours.

Makeshift homes flattened in eviction drive Affected residents stage protest, set tyres and wooden planks on fire on Murree Road ...

Along the bustling riversides of Ho Chi Minh City, makeshift slum homes starkly contrast with the surrounding high-rise buildings and bustling urban centers.

For want of state support or formal employers, slum dwellers in South Africa and Kenya rely on street savvy, friends and a strong tolerance for hardship and precarity to do business.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — With perfect pirouettes and plies, dozens of young ballet dancers gracefully moved between the makeshift iron houses of one of Africa’s largest urban slums… ...

Photos showed residents escaping the fire on makeshift rafts into the sea while others scrambled to salvage their belongings. Elvira Valdemoro, a 58-year-old Manila resident and shop owner was ...