Climate change and rapid urbanization are putting a growing number in the people in path of potentially devasting floods.

KIAMBU, Kenya — Turn into Tatu City on the outskirts of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, and it feels like entering a different world. Even the country's most reckless drivers are transformed, slowing to a ...

Victoria Island, Nigeria—"Sorry, you can't enter. Next time, call our sales office in advance." That was the greeting my three-man detail and I got after enduring ...

Unguja. African cities are growing at a pace that far outstrips the systems meant to manage them, forcing governments into a costly and often ineffective cycle of catch-up, economist and public ...

While these cities may guarantee Kenya's economic growth, critics argue that such ambitious developments are schemes to shut out the poor. Are we jumping the gun? HAROLD AYODO explores the planners’ ...

Cities are vital engines of economic growth, innovation and social progress. They shape the futures of nations and the lives of millions. In Africa, urbanisation is accelerating at an unprecedented ...

Eastleigh, a neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, is a thrumming hive of hawkers, honking cars, belching lorries, potholed pavements, jostling pedestrians and legions of young men loafing around ...

As urbanization reshapes global landscapes, ecological balance is increasingly at risk, especially in Africa. The primary drivers are rapid development and expanding human settlements, often without ...