JOHANNESBURG – Rights groups say thousands of people are fleeing a Nigeria slum as security forces use gunfire and tear gas to make way for demolitions in defiance of a recent court order. Amnesty ...
Esther Ikechukwu, a beneficiary of Slum2School project attends a virtual class from her home in Makoko, Lagos LAGOS (Reuters) - Outside her home in the Lagos slum of Makoko, Esther Ikechukwu stacks ...
A woman sits in a canoe as she sells food to children at the Makoko fishing community on the Lagos Lagoon LAGOS (Reuters) - When his boat capsized during a storm last year, Nigerian fisherman Tanti ...
Authorities in Nigeria evicted thousands of impoverished residents from a Lagos slum, leaving many homeless, residents and eyewitnesses told CNN. Residents described scenes of panic and confusion ...
Ajegunle, a sprawling slum of about 5 million residents on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria's noisy and chaotic commercial capital, has a notorious reputation. Its ominous nickname is "The Jungle." Yet ...
Emmanuel and Favour point out a friend's house on a Chicoco Maps banner they helped make as part of the Human City Project's community mapping and planning collaboration in Nigeria. Photo credit: ...
LAGOS, May 6 (Reuters) - A dozen children crowd around plastic tables in the Majidun neighbourhood of Lagos. Intently focused on plastic mats printed with chess boards, the children thoughtfully move ...