.The Guardian Kaamil Ahmed - 'World Bank suspends Tanzania tourism funding after claims of killings and evictions.”

Must read coverage of our landmark campaign victory that offers hope for tens of thousands of villagers in Tanzania: theguardian.com/global-develop…

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.The Associated Press Rodney Muhumuza - Facing pressure from rights groups, World Bank suspends funding for Tanzania tourism project:

'Oakland Institute for years led calls for the Bank to stop funding the project known by the acronym REGROW, documenting serious rights abuses suffered by #Indigenous

.The Associated Press Rodney Muhumuza - Facing pressure from rights groups, World Bank suspends funding for Tanzania tourism project:

'Oakland Institute for years led calls for the Bank to stop funding the project known by the acronym REGROW, documenting serious rights abuses suffered by #Indigenous

.World Bank suspends funding for REGROW project in #Tanzania !

A major win after a year of steadfast advocacy by Oakland Institute & impacted communities resisting the project for its egregious human rights abuses, evictions of tens of thousands, livelihood restrictions & failure to

“Fingerprints of the US are all over the harmful policies to expand “protected” areas, rendering it complicit in the forced evictions of the #Maasai & other local communities across the country. It has turned a blind eye to the egregious human rights abuses of the govt so that

.Thomson Safaris agents accused by villagers of beating children & denying communities access to critical grazing lands while strictly enforcing boundaries of its long-contested claim over #Maasai land in #Tanzania .

New report: bit.ly/capitalizingon…

Anuradha Mittal Andy Currier

.Canary: 'Land-grabbing luxury safari tourism is displacing Maasai communities in Tanzania.'

The true face of the safari tourism industry:

thecanary.co/global/world-n…

For the full report see: oaklandinstitute.org/us-luxury-safa…

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PHC controls over 100,000 hectares of land in the #DRC . Disputes over control of the land date back more than a century.

theafricareport.com/344567/drc-eur…

Communities say they were largely excluded from the resurvey process & alleged in a November 2023 court filing they have since suffered abuse by the company’s agents enforcing new boundaries. They have allegedly lost access to prime grazing land & been forced to walk additional

Alongside the report, Oakland Institute released Pulling Back the Curtain: How the US Drives Tanzania’s War on the Indigenous – revealing how Tanzania’s largest bilateral donor is instrumental in designing the country’s dangerous “conservation” plans. bit.ly/US_TZ_Brief

.Samia Suluhu govt does not bear sole responsibility for escalating human rights abuses & stealing #Indigenous land to boost tourism in #Tanzania .

2 new Oakland Institute reports shed light on the role played by the US govt & luxury safari operators like Thomson Safaris. THREAD/

World heritage that does not respect human rights. We must decolonize WH

#WorldHeritageDay

Did you know many of UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳's World Heritage Sites are war zones for Indigenous people, who are being forcefully evicted from their lands? This happens with the complicity and sometimes even the support of UNESCO.

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.UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 has ignored calls from #Maasai communities to DELIST visitngorongoro as a World Heritage site for over 3 years. Instead, it has provided unrelenting support to Samia Suluhu regime that is trampling rights to land & life to expand tourism in the park.

The time to

.USAIDTanzania US Embassy Tanzania @USAID Ambassador Michael Battle & luxury safari firms like Thomson Safaris must be held accountable!

The brief directly links US to ongoing Samia Suluhu plans to expand tourism industry at the expense of #Indigenous rights to land & life. For ex. USAID is behind the creation of new Game Reserves, which will seize over 1 million ha of Maasai land & evict thousands of people.