There are large squatter communities in Kenya, such as Kibera in Nairobi.

A BBC
News report described it as follows: "The first thing that hits you here is this
rich stench of almost 1 million people living in this ditch in mud huts, with n
o sewage pipes, no roads, no water, no toilet, in fact, with no services of any
kind."[11]
An estimated 1,000 people live in the Grande Hotel Beira in Mozambique.
The Zabbaleen settlement and the City of the Dead are both well-known squatter c
ommunities in Cairo.
In South Africa, squatters tend to live in informal settlements or squatter camp
s on the outskirts of the larger cities, often but not always near townships. In
1994, when Nelson Mandela was elected President, it was estimated that of South
Africa's 44 million inhabitants, 7.7 million lived in these settlements.[citati
on needed] The number has grown rapidly in the post-apartheid era. Many building
s, particularly in the inner city of Johannesburg have also been occupied by squ
atters. Property owners or government authorities can usually evict squatters af
ter following certain legal procedures including requesting a court order. In Du
rban, the city council routinely evicts without a court order in defiance of the
law, and there has been sustained conflict between the city council and a shack
dwellers' movement known as Abahlali baseMjondolo. There has been a number of s
imilar conflicts between shack dwellers, some linked with the Western Cape Anti-
Eviction Campaign, and the city council in Cape Town. One of the most high-profi
le cases was the brutal evictions of squatters in the N2 Gateway homes in the su
burb of Delft, where over 20 residents were shot, including a three-year-old chi
ld. There have been numerous complaints about the legality of the government's a
ctions and, in particular, whether the ruling of the judge was unfair given his
party affiliations and the highly politicized nature of the case.[12] Many of th
e families are now squatting on Symphony Way, a main road in the township of Del
ft. The City of Cape Town has been threatening them with eviction since February
2008.