Kenya: Kibera "Slum Tourism" stirs controversy
15.02.2007
Kibera is the de rigeur stop off for caring foreign dignitaries. It reached a worldwide audience as a backdrop to the British blockbuster "The Constant Gardener". Andrew Cawthorne reports for Reuters that any journalist wanting a quick Africa poverty story can find it there in half an hour. And now at least one travel agency offers tours round Kenya's Kibera slum, one of Africa's largest.