The sun rises over Kibera in Nairobi – the largest slum in Africa. Photograph: Kate Holt/The Guardian
Inaugural World Poverty Forum – dubbed ‘Davos with the poor’, a global conference on poverty, is to take place in Africa’s largest slum in an effort to make sure the poorest get a voice.
Source: Guardian Newspaper, Tracy McVeigh, Turning the tables: global poverty conference to be held in a slum
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