World Bank suspends Tanzania tourism funding after claims of killings and evictions
Plan to expand Ruaha national park has been beset by allegations of abuse, leading bank to withhold final $50m of $150m budget
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Plan to expand Ruaha national park has been beset by allegations of abuse, leading bank to withhold final $50m of $150m budget
The World Bank has suspended funding for a tourism project in Tanzania that caused the suffering of tens of thousands of villagers, according to a U.S.-based rights group that has long urged the global lender to take such action.
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L’ONG de défense des droits Survival International a accusé le gouvernement de « violence choquante » et d’expulsion des Massaïs de leurs terres pour faire place à la chasse au trophée
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In 2018, the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) granted an injunction prohibiting the Tanzanian government from evicting Maasai communities from 1 500 square kilometres of ancestral land. This follows the brokering of a deal between the Tanzanian government and United Arab Emirates-based hunting firm Ortello...
Herders lodge appeal against ruling in their case against the Tanzanian government, which they say is violently evicting them from ancestral land
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