Called the largest floating slum in the world, authorities in Lagos have begun demolishing thousands of homes in Makoko, displacing families that have lived there for generations.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has temporarily left a prison in Brasilia for medical examinations after hitting his head RIO DE JANEIRO -- Former President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday temporarily ...

Relatives of inmates react in front of Desembargador Raimundo Vidal Pessoa jail in the center of the Amazonian city of Manaus, Brazil, January 8, 2017 (Reuters/Michael Dantas). Prison violence has ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a ...

(CNN) — A woman suspected of killing three members of the same family by poisoning a Christmas cake has been found dead in her prison cell in Brazil. (CNN) — A woman suspected of killing three members ...

SÃO PAULO—Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison after finding him guilty of plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 election. A panel of justices in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves after a ceremony marking the three year anniversary of a failed attempt to ...

BRASILIA — Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to start serving his prison sentence of more than 27 years for a coup-plot conviction, according to a court ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation who ...