Rio de Janeiro police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including four police officers, during a raid in low-income, ...

Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers ...

Rocinha, in the south of Rio de Janeiro, is, according to official data, the largest of Brazil’s more than 12,000 favelas, or ...

B efore dawn on October 28th, security forces advanced into dozens of slums in Rio de Janeiro. Their targets were the leaders ...

Brazilian authorities say they have made progress in solving the housing shortage for attendees of the upcoming U.N. climate conference, while also defending a recent decision to allow exploratory dri ...

Work in Brazil is precarious and exploitative for refugees – a situation long faced by marginalised citizens Brazil is ...

In a landmark move for housing justice and community empowerment, Mumbai has begun talks for its first Self-Redevelopment Project under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). The initiative, led by ...

The Maharashtra cabinet on October 7 approved a cluster redevelopment scheme for slums in Mumbai, paving the way for large-scale transformation of the city’s informal settlements. The plan envisions ...

Second tier promotion specialist Pezzolano was appointed in the summer but has won only three of his nine Championship games in charge. The Hornets sit 11th in the Championship having picked up seven ...

The Maharashtra Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has approved the implementation of the Slum Cluster Redevelopment Scheme under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to address ...

In Kawangare, one of the many “informal settlements” – or slums – in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Jane is often worried about the weather. The droughts and flood events that hit her neighbourhood are ...

MUMBAI: In a major infrastructure push, the BMC’s P North ward has initiated the demolition of approximately 357 slum structures in Valnai near the Mith Chowky metro junction in Malad West. The move ...