LAGOS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Nigerian police fired tear gas to disperse residents protesting in Lagos on Wednesday over demolition work in one of Africa's largest floating slums that has displaced ...

Protesters clashed with police in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday after parts of a large slum built on water, known as Makoko, was demolished. CNN’s Lynda Kinkade reports.

For more than a century, Makoko—often described as the largest floating slum in Nigeria, home to an estimated 200,000 people ...

Thousands displaced from Makoko, Nigeria's largest floating slum following demolitions by authorities. And Sierra Leone sets remembrance day for civil war victims.

A family including baby twins has been forced to live in a wooden canoe after their home in a historic Lagos neighborhood was ...

Nigerian police used tear gas to break up protests in Lagos, as residents opposed demolition efforts in the Makoko slum, displacing thousands. Demonstrators demanded intervention from the state ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Nigerian police lob teargas canisters to disperse demonstrators during a protest by residents of Makoko riverine ...