Rio de Janeiro police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including four police officers, during a raid in low-income, ...

Hundreds of protesters have marched through Vila Cruzeiro favela, demanding the resignation of Rio de Janeiro state Gov.

Now in its 8 th year, the UN SDG Action Awards, a signature programme of the UN SDG Action Campaign, is made possible in partnership with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International ...

Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers.

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Families of the scores of people killed in a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police began burying the ...

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a new law that increases penalties and expands enforcement tools intended to ...

A massive police raid targeting a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro left at least 121 people dead, authorities said ...

The awards recognized initiatives from Brazil, Nigeria, Turkey and the Democratic Republic of Congo for their work on equality, resilience and innovation.

Residents of a Rio de Janeiro community lined up their dead in harrowing scenes Wednesday after Brazil's bloodiest police ...

A MASSIVE police operation against Brazil’s main drug-trafficking gang has left at least 64 people dead and prompted the ...

At least 119 people were killed, including four policemen, and 113 arrested in the largest anti-drug police operation in the ...

Rio state governor put death toll at around 60 on Wednesday, but warned that the real figure was likely higher.