* Ongoing war creates social problems, pressures cities * Next government faces large social divide, joblessness By Frank Jack Daniel SOACHA, Colombia, June 10 (Reuters) - Spread along a muddy ridge ...

ALTOS DE FLORIDA, Colombia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The ramshackle community of Altos de Florida and others slums dotted across the windswept hills on the outskirts of Bogota stretch to the ...

Each year, the first Monday of October marks World Habitat Day, which aims to reflect on the state of towns and cities, and on the right of all to adequate shelter. The share of people living in urban ...

A woman and her daughter, wearing masks, walk on a field that, according to the mayor's office, is at high risk of collapse and its inhabitants will be evicted, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ...

The United Nations estimates that more than 1 billion people live in slums around the world. Yet the geography of slum living has long been poorly defined. From the favelas of Brazil to shack ...