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GLOBAL ACTION PLAN - ACCELERATING FOR TRANSFORMING INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS AND SLUMS BY 2030

  The Global Action Plan consolidates a collective partnership vision of creating Cities for All. It informs a political process for broader engagement and stronger commitments to slum and informal settlements’ transformation, for accelerating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the New Urban Agenda (NUA). Global Action Plan

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PRESS RELEASE: WEST AFRICAN MOVEMENTS OF URBAN POOR CALL FOR INCLUSIVE CITIES

JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT FORCIBLY EVICTS OTODO GBAME COMMUNITY IN BRAZEN DISREGARD FOR RULE OF LAW & ONGOING MEDIATION PROCESS

Released on 20 March 2017 by Nigeria Slum / Informal Settlement Federation and Justice Empowerment Initiatives - Nigeria.

PRESS RELEASE: EVICTIONS & DEMOLITION IN OTODO GBAME, LAGOS

OVER 30,000 HOMELESS AFTER POLICE USE DEMOLITION BY FIRE AND BULLDOZER WORKING IN DEAD OF NIGHT DESTROY OTODO GBAME COMMUNITY DESPITE SUBSISTING INJUNCTION.

NIGERIAN SLUM DWELLER FEDERATION DEMANDS RETRACTION OF EVICTION THREAT

On Sunday, Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode ordered the immediate demolition to all Lagos waterfront communities. The Nigerian Slum / Informal Settlement Federation held an emergency meeting of over 20 communities that fear they may fall among those threatened by the Governor's announcement.  

PORT HARCOURT JOINT PRESS RELEASE CONDEMNING EVICTIONS

Communities and civil society partners issue press statement condemning forced evictions at Eagle Island and decry threat of further evictions looming over more than 60,000 people in 17 communities across Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

"AT 21 SHACK DWELLERS COME OF AGE"

Written by: The Namibian, October 2014

GOVERNMENT TO BUILD HOMES FOR MILITARY VETERANS

"IN KENYA, USING TECH TO PUT AN 'INVISIBLE' SLUM ON THE MAP"

Written by: Gregory Warner, NPR, 17 July 2013

"LEADING SLUM DWELLERS AROUND THE WORLD TO IMPROVE THEIR CITIES"

Written by: Skoll Foundation, 2014

"BETTER MEASURES FOR URBAN QUALITY OF LIFE: THE VIEW FROM BELOW"

Written by: Sheela Patel, Development Progress, January 2014