Cities go up, down and high-tech to combat rising threats. They become "smarter" to improve security, healthcare and mobility. A series from Thomson Reuters Foundation.

October 7th: The World Metropolitan Day campaign, led by Metropolis and CIPPEC, invites local, metropolitan and regional authorities globally to advocate for metropolitan interests in the global arena.

160 houses in the Wxlacodji beach community, Cotonou, were demolished without warning leaving thousands of residents homeless.

A discussion with Mobile Creche Delhi on the impact of childcare services: a webinar organised by the Joint Work Programme for Equitable Economic Growth in Cities, 27 May 2019 at 14:00 CET

Clare Short, Chair of Cities Alliance Board, will deliver a keynote address at the Urban Journalism Academy 24 May 2019.