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In Kibera, often called Africa's largest urban slum, some roadside vegetable stands are accepting an unconventional form of payment: Bitcoin. Approximately 200 residents in the Soweto West area of ...

KIBERA, Kenya (AP) — Dotting the roadside in what is widely considered Africa’s largest urban slum are typical stands selling vegetables. What isn't typical is their acceptance of bitcoin as a form of ...

Brenda Isabel dreads Kenya's next election, scheduled for Dec. 2012. But hers is not a whiny, Canadian "geeze-not-another-one" moan about what an imposition that five-minute trip to the polls can be.

Illegally placed electrical wires that are sometimes poorly insulated, plus the dumping of fuel in storm drains, spell disaster.

NAIROBI–If hell has a railway, it might look like the one that snakes through the stinking shantytown of Kibera. Here in Africa’s largest slum, where half a million or more Kenyans squat in mud and ...

After his historical visit to the USA, Cuba and Philadelphia, the time is almost here for the long anticipated visit by the holy father to Africa. 5 ways to strengthen your relationship with God In ...

A local photographer is bringing “world changing fashion” to Canada with the work of artisans in Africa. The Caledonia-based store, JustOne, partners with artisans in Kenya and Uganda, who are part of ...