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  • The Citizen

    The World Bank has given Tanzanian authorities until late December to settle complaints of civil rights violations tied to a $150 million natural resources project that the bank is funding before it launches a formal investigation into the matter.

    The Bank’s board on November 15 gave the green light for the probe into the Resilient...

  • Common Dreams

    The bank’s funding for Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) has enabled a paramilitary force of rangers who have been involved in shocking violence, including torture, rape, and murder.

    December 10 marks 75 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Today, instead of...

  • IDN - InDepthNews

    As the world watches COP28 in Dubai amidst an accelerating climate crisis, a critical blind spot in global climate agreements remains. Despite being the world’s largest institutional emitter of greenhouse gases, the US military is completely exempt from international reporting obligations, significantly undermining global climate action.

  • The Chanzo Initiative

    Activists in Tanzania have criticised the planned luxury tennis-themed safari in the East African nation, accusing authorities of “sportswashing” the ongoing human rights violations against the indigenous people of Ngorongoro, including the Maasai.

    Dubbed the Epic Tanzania Tour, the event is priced at US$24,990 per person for single...

  • IDN - InDepthNews

    Kenya’s government is illegally evicting members of the Ogiek community from their ancestral lands in the Mau Forest, to profit from carbon offsetting schemes, human rights lawyers say.

    Members of the Ogiek community say they’re living in “absolute fear” over the evictions by the government of Kenyan President William Ruto.

    “We...

  • IPS - Inter Press Service

    The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are returning to Africa, for the first time in decades, with the “same old failed message”.

    “Cut your spending, sack public service workers, and pay your debts– despite the huge human costs,” says Oxfam International’s interim Executive Director Amitabh Behar, following the release...

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