• A new agenda to tackle urban poverty in Africa
• KENYA: Feature - rent crisis in Nairobi slums - 14/04/2006
• Slum Ecology - mike Davis
• Linking sanitation, water and livelihoods in Nairobi slums
• Divided City: Information Poverty in Nairobi's Slums -By Rasna Warah
• Land rights campaign in Nairobi - by Rasna Warah
• BBC - Bringing water to Nairobi's Kibera slum by David Kuria
• KPC is right, these people should not wait for a disaster to happen 23/03/2006
• Nairobi's silent majority fights back 11/05/2004 by Rasna Warah
• One mother's struggle for survival in a Nairobi slum - 07/01/03 - by Rasna Warah
• Homing in, bottom up 22/09/04 by David Satterthwaite
• Cleaning up the Nairobi River - 15/06/2001 by Robert Otani
• Urban Poverty and Slums in Nairobi - ITC
• Rent crisis in Nairobi slums - IRIN
• Glimmer of in Nairobi slums - WFP
• Improving conditions in Nairobi's slums - by George Yap
• Development and Design of Schools in Nairobi Slums
• The nature of employment in Nairobi Slums: why is it a precondition for poor health and livelihood outcomes - Frederick Mugisha
• Linking sanitation, water and livelihoods in Nairobi slums
• Christians Flee Rioting - Tensions between landowners and tenants spark violence in Nairobi slum. By Sue Sprenkle 01/31/2002
• Hope among despair; In a slum in Kenya, children live among death and disease.
• Partnering to Transform the Slums of Nairobi - October 2002 - Part1
• Partnering to Transform the Slums of Nairobi - Part2
• 2003 Annual Report Population council - Researching the challenges posed by urban growth in Nairobi
• Nairobi Slums - Like Kibera and Mathare, where toilet facilities, are more expensive than food.
• Maternal and Child Health among the Urban Poor in Nairobi, Kenya By Monica Magadi
• Adopt-a-Light hatches grand comeback plan 05/08/2002 - By Noel Wandera
• Rising prices push Kenyans to a corner By Financial Standard Team 19/04/2005
• Thousands risk death living over oil pipeline By Dorcas Nyambayi 16/03/2006
• Time to close the worrying water divide in the world - 16/03/2006 By Kevin Watkins
• Shame for City Council 01/02/2005
• Couple killed after fire sweeps through slum By Cyrus Ombati 06/01/2005
• Bridging the reproductive health gap for girls in Nairobi slums - IRIN
• Nairobi slums: Huge need for HIV and AIDS care - MSF 01/12/2005
• Medical Mission Sisters in Korogocho HIV and AIDS program.
• World Hunger - Kenya
• Working in Nairobi's Slums- Maryknoll
• Where the sidewalks end: How the poor combat poverty daily - By Molly O'Meara Sheehan
• Maryknollers are among those joining our African brothers and sisters in the struggle to survive By Hans Hallundbaek
• Drought Makes Kibera Thirst - 17/01/2006 from Squattercitys

• BBC worldservice - The Nairobi River Basin initiative - by Henry Ndede
• Kenya - International Medical Corps (IMC)
• Kenya's slums: new political battleground - 10/01/ 2001- Christian Science Monitor
• The role of Kibera Slum Upgrading Project in providing Basic Services to low income residents in Nairobi, Kenya - 26/05/2005 - By Hon. Amos M. Kimunya Minister for Lands and Housing - Kenya
• Earth Views- Kenya-Nairobi-Kibera-
• IPS - World Social Forum: Kenyan Activists to Put a Priority on Affordable Housing by Joyce Mulama
• Grappling with the burden of expanding slums in Nairobi 04/06/2004 - IRIN
• I’m very worried about my friends - UNICEF
• Small enterprises and water provision in Kibera, Nairobi By Munguti Katui-Katua & Gordon McGranahan
• 06/12/2005: Finding Self-Sufficiency in Kibera - Poverty , All International
• Kibera: Africa's largest slum - 07/07/2005 - AHI
• East African Standard No word yet on Umoja slum- 6/12/2004
• The Standard - Shame for City Council - 01/02/ 2005
• Korogocho, Nairobiby Nikolaj Nielsen
• The Koroghoco you are not told about... By Oluoch Japheth
• Korogocho: The land and the people
• Drug Abuse in Korogocho
• Community Organization Training (COT) ANPPCAM
• Kwa Njenga Primary School
• 43 dead after drinking brew By NATION Team 16/11/2000
• Mukuru Positive Living Initiative
• UN-Habitat project offers hope for Nairobi slum dwellers -
  July 2003
• BBC Kenya's love of 'poison' - 27/08/2002
• Our Lady of Nazareth Primary School (OLN) in Mukuru kwa Njenga
• The Slum - 2004 - MS Partner NEWS
• From garbage to jobs - By Sofie Pedersen and Kasper - 09/03/2006
• 2005: I knew it was meant to be - MS Partner NEWS
• 2005: The great equalizer MS Partner NEWS Vol. 8 no 1
• Kenya Times - Fire over Mukuru slums - By Tabitha Areba - 2006
• Introduction to the Mukuru slum in Nairobi - Child Aid
• Chaplaincy, Slums and Water - by John Lange - Maryknoll Africa
• An Example of Cooperation between Mukuru Promotion Centre, Austria, the EU and Slovakia.
• Mathare Valley: A Valley of Hope in Nairobi by Clarice King
• Mathare-Valley, Nairobi / Kenya
• Mathare Rescue Center
• Hard Cell for John
• Contents Fr. Mathew Haumann MHM
• Mathare United: A model club inspiring Kenya's youth - By Hilary Atkins
• I t 's time to reflect on literacy gains-UNESCO
• Children rescues from Nairobi violent streets By Sammy Kere
• ARTS: Puppets Winning War Against HIV Spread - Inter-Church Coalition on Africa
• Livelihoods and Gender in Sanitation Hygiene Water Services among Urban poor
• Embakasi Division National Environment Management Authority Kenya - Data on population
• IRIN - Focus on clashes in Kibera slum, Nairobi 13/12/2001

Case Studies
Maps on Nairobi slums

• Catholic Parishes in Nairobi Slums and Informal Settlements
• Slum Incidence in Nairobi sub-locations
• Kibera Map with locations of villages
• Nairobi slums and golf courses
• Kibera golf course
• Nairobi poverty incidence
• Kenya Food security map December 2005
• Kenya population density map
• Kenya Sanitation and Hygiene Services

UN Habitat Articles

• Divided City: Information Poverty in Nairobi's Slums
• Rent Crisis in Nairobi Slums
• A new agenda to tackle urban poverty in Africa
• Government of Kenya (GOK) and UN-HABITAT to Upgrade Slums
• Privatisation of Municipal Services in Eastern Africa
• Nairobi's Slums: Where Life for Women is Nasty, Brutish and Short
• Women's Right to the City
• Crushed Homes, Crushed Lives
• HIV/ AIDS: An Urban Challenge
• Nakuru: Kenya - Localising Agenda 21
• The fight against HIV and AIDS in Kisumu Kenya
• Kenya's Urban Tragedy
• Africa's Cities May Face a Dry and Dirty Future
• Cities Without Slums - KENYA - Information Brief - UN Habitat
• Slum Upgrading: Lessons Learned in Nairobi - Sept. 2001 -
• Urban poverty reduction in Kenya
• New Initiative to Clean Up Nairobi Dam Offers Hope to Millions of Slum Dwellers

• Articles on the Media on Nairobi Slums and Informal Settlements
• Kenya, State to spend Sh880b on slum project by Ayub Savula
• The Daily Nation - State under pressure on debt 27 March 2006
• The Daily Nation -New plan to revamp nursery attendance - 17 March 2006
• The Daily Nation - Council spearheading plan to clean up city river 12 March 2006
• The Daily Nation - WHO pledges support for fight against infectious diseases - 11 March 2006
• The Daily Nation -Despite State efforts to rein them in, Mungiki still rule some city estates - 19 Febr. 2006
• The Daily Nation - Nairobi, Fire leaves 20,000 homeless - 13 Febr. 2006
• The Daily Nation - City slum firm uses internet to sell 'akala' (sandals) - 23 Jan. 2006
• The Daily Nation - Poverty looms over top boy's dream to do law - 31 Dec. 2005
• The Daily Nation -Korogocho treasures revisited - 19 Febr. 2006
• The Christian Science Monitor - Kenyans buy into slum plan 26 May 2004
• BBC News - Bypass threat to Nairobi's giant slum Friday, 30 April 2004,
• BBC News - Nairobi slum life: Escaping Kibera 15 Oct 02  
• BBC News - Nairobi Slum Life: Kibera's children 10 Oct 02
• BBC News - Nairobi slum life: An evening in Kibera 08 Oct 02  
• BBC News - Life after dark in Nairobi's slum 20 Sep 02  
• The Christian Science Monitor - Kenya's slums: new political battleground - 10 December 2001
• Getting Sewer Permission Has Been An Education By John Lang