Global: Examining Africa's urban poor

Millions of poor urban people in Africa face a growing crisis over their living conditions unless rich and developing nations take urgent steps to tackle the problem, the charity ActionAid has warned. Over the last 50 years the global population living in slums has risen from 35 milliion to over 900 million. Nearly two in three urban people in developing countries lack access to a sanitary latrine. And, as illegal or unrecognised residents, they have no property rights to the land where they live.