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News Article
April 3, 2025
World Bank announces multimillion-dollar redress fund after killings and abuse claims at Tanzanian project
Communities in Ruaha national park reject response to alleged assault and evictions of herders during tourism scheme funded by the bank.
News Article
April 3, 2025
Investigation Confirms World Bank’s ‘Compliance Failures’ in the Bank-Funded REGROW Project in Tanzania
The investigation followed claims that the World Bank violated its policies in implementing the conservation project, including allowing the involuntary resettlement of indigenous peoples.
News Article
February 21, 2025
How Tanzania’s Farmers, Pastoralists Paid Price for a World Bank Project
The World Bank pulled the plug on the Ruaha National Park (RUNAPA) project in January 2025 after intense scrutiny from human rights watchdogs and the UN.
News Article
February 11, 2025
La denuncia de los masáis que llevó a la cancelación de un megaproyecto turístico en Tanzania
La noticia llega tras años de denuncias por parte de comunidades indígenas y organizaciones civiles sobre abusos de derechos humanos en el Parque Nacional de Ruaha…
News Article
February 1, 2025
World Bank ends probe into $150m Tanzania tourism project
The World Bank has concluded a long-running investigation into claims of human rights violations linked to a Bank-funded $150 million tourism promotion project in southern Tanzania.
News Article
January 30, 2025
$150M World Bank project plagued by allegations of violence and abuse terminated in Tanzania
The project was supposed to be a boon for wildlife-based tourism in the East African country, but critics say it came “at an enormous cost” to local communities.
News Article
January 23, 2025
World Bank cancels $150m tourism project in Tanzania after abuse claims
The World Bank has cancelled a $150 million project to boost tourism to Tanzania’s Ruaha National Park, following allegations of human rights abuses by park authorities. Under the Tanzanian government’s plans to expand Ruaha, 21,000 local people could be displaced. The Oakland Institute, a U.S.-based advocacy group, called the decision to cancel the project a…
News Article
November 29, 2024
How German government funds are used to dispossess Tanzania’s Maasai in Serengeti land grab
A Tanzanian journalist contributed to this report, but has requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the story. OLOLOSOKWAN, Tanzania — Just days after rangers from Serengeti National Park confiscated Lankenua Sainguran’s cattle and pushed her family into poverty, the German ambassador to Tanzania ceremonially handed over the keys to new facilities for the…
News Article
November 1, 2024
Tanzania: i maasai di Loliondo hanno perso la causa per la loro terra
Secondo la Corte suprema non potranno tornare nel loro territorio di origine, destinato alla riserva di caccia di Pooleti
News Article
September 18, 2024
Ahead of COP16, groups warn of rights abuses linked to ‘30×30’ goal
Two years since global policymakers agreed on the concept of protecting 30% of the world’s land and waters by 2030, there’s still little clarity on how achieving this goal will impact Indigenous communities who safeguard some of the most biodiverse areas on Earth. In October this year, government representatives are set to meet at the […]
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