LAGOS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Nigerian police fired tear gas to disperse residents protesting in Lagos on Wednesday over ...

But conditions here are dire, as the slum remains excluded from urban planning. There is no sewage system, no waste ...

More than 1,000 Makoko residents and displaced families marched to the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest ongoing ...

Nigerian police ‍fired tear gas to ​disperse residents protesting in Lagos on January 28 over demolition work in ⁠one of Africa's largest floating slums, the Makoko slum, that has displaced thousands ...

Amphibious excavators escorted by armed policemen have roared through Makoko, Africa's largest and most legendary floating ...

Clearing illegal settlements in Lagos has been part of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s grand plan to improve Africa’s ...

With the massive destruction of homes in one of Nigeria's largest slums, the Nigerian State has shamelessly gone rogue by stealthily using administrative convenience to dispossess the poor of their ...

By Manoj Kumar and Dhwani Pandya NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Jan 29 (Reuters) - India’s textile and apparel exporters, hit by 50% U.S.

Makoko is a vast floating community built on stilts above the water in Lagos, Nigeria. Often called the “Venice of Africa,” it is home to tens of thousands of people navigating daily life through ...

Apartheid means separateness and refers to the policy of South Africa of forcing the black Africans into ghettos. They could ...

The Society of Women Engineers UCCS team races during the 31st Emma Crawford Coffin Races Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. The races celebrate Emma Crawford who died in 1891. She was ...