A new UN report on Tuesday warned that Africa’s urban population was set to triple in the next 40 years. It also said that the development would put massive pressure on governments and infrastructure across the continent. The report entitled, ‘The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequalities and Urban Land Markets’, was released by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT). It... 

Kenya is one of the countries experiencing population explosion. Half of its population is aged 25 years and below. Of all the issues that will be aired from the pulpit of the UN’s development summit this week, one is likely to stand out by its absence: What should be done about the world’s population explosion? To many campaigners, demographic growth is the gorilla in the UN’s living...