CAIRO - Last Tuesday, police forces raided the Sudan Nest, a slum near al-Dokki neighbourhood in Cairo. Police forcibly evacuated the inhabitants of the slum from their shoddy dwellings ...

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At least eight people have been killed when a residential apartment building collapsed in the Wiley area of central Cairo, Egypt's capital.The number of ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Sixty per cent of slum dwellers live in the greater Cairo area, including an estimated 1.5 million in a sprawling cemetery known as the City of the Dead. But relocated residents point to ...

In Ezbet-el-Haggana, a slum on the outskirts of Cairo, residents struggle daily to survive. Staggering unemployment, inflated food prices and problems securing housing make life here both ...

“Rejuvenation of Slums and Local Economic Interventions for Nigerian Cities.” It held at the 12th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF), organised by UN-Habitat, in Cairo. Its Executive ...