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 ...

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 ...

The residents said in the past one year about 200 youths have disappeared in mysterious ways in the slums. ''They use pseudo accounts to profile the youths which has led to forced disappearances of ...

Across Nairobi, wealthy neighbourhoods sit directly next to informal settlements. Muthaiga borders Mathare. Karen borders Kibera. Loresho borders Kangemi. Lavington borders Kawangware.

MATHARE, Kenya — 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 dead ...

At first glance, the two scenes on either side of the frenetic Nairobi roundabout couldn’t have seemed more different. To the west, diplomats, businessmen in bespoke suits, political operatives and ...