shanty towns

Rio police use vans to break up the favelas' 'funk balls'

Black teen shot dead in Rio favela inflames tensions with police

‘My favela was safer when it was ruled by gangs’

Close-up shot: Police take back Rio gangland

Can cable cars cut crime in Rio’s favelas?

South African shack dwellers: “The police are attacking us”

Unrest in South African shanty towns – ready to host the World Cup?

Rio shantytowns walled off

Eleven year old killed by a “stray bullet”