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World Bank Board approves investigation into allegations of bankrolling human rights abuses in Ethiopia

Published in Friday July 19th, 2013 In Social movement news

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a full investigation into whether the Bank has breached its policies in Ethiopia and contributed to a government program of forced population transfers known as ‘villagization.’

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Ethiopians Demand Accountability from World Bank for Contributing to Grave Human Rights Abuses

Published in Friday July 19th, 2013 In Social movement news

IDI has assisted Anuak indigenous people from Ethiopia’s Gambella region to submit a complaint to the World Bank Inspection Panel implicating the Bank in grave human rights abuses perpetrated by the Ethiopian Government.

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‘Jumping the Queue’, Waiting Lists and other Myths: Perceptions and Practice around Housing Demand and Allocation in South Africa

Published in Friday July 5th, 2013

This report analyses perceptions and practice around housing demand and allocation in South Africa, looking at the policies and processes operating at national, provincial and local level. It attempts to unpack some of the complexity and provide recommendations to government departments at all levels.

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Will Brazil be left counting the cost of hosting the World Cup and Olympics?

Published in Thursday June 13th, 2013 In In the media

BRIC countries have tried to use these mega-events to boost development by accelerating investments in infrastructure and lifting services, governance and local business to international standards. However, the cost to the public purse and the communities affected can be enormous, prompting criticism that the money would be better spent at grassroots level, on improving health and education, rather than on awarding prestige projects to construction companies.

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Security of Tenure Project: know more on the African consultation

Published in Tuesday June 4th, 2013 In News on the Rapporteurs

The Special Rapporteur conducted a consultation, between May 27 and 28, in Johannesburg, on security of tenure for the urban poor in the African continent.

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Slum upgrade: Experts call for more stakeholders participation

Published in Monday May 27th, 2013 In In the media

Urban renewal or slum upgrade has for sometime been a major preoccupation of the Lagos State Government as part of the process of making the state a mega city of repute.

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Murang’a tenants in Kenya to sue county over eviction order

Published in Monday May 27th, 2013 In In the media

TENANTS at the building that will house the Murang’a county government are challenging an order to vacate the premises. The tenants, who had requested governor Mwangi Wa Iria to let them remain in the building, have been issued a 14-day eviction notice.

Botswana denies eviction plans

Published in Monday May 27th, 2013 In In the media

Botswana has denied plans to remove hundreds of Bushmen from their land to make way for a wildlife park. Earlier this week, indigenous rights group Survival International claimed authorities were going to evict the community who have been based in the southern settlement of Ranyane for generations.

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Botswana ‘to evict’ Bushmen: indigenous rights group

Published in Monday May 27th, 2013 In In the media

The government of Botswana will next week evict hundreds of Bushmen from their land to make way for a wildlife park, indigenous rights group Survival International claimed Friday. The group said the indigenous community based in the south of the country, will be removed Monday and their homes will be destroyed.

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New Lands Act in Kenya Set for August, says Swazuri

Published in Monday May 20th, 2013 In In the media

Kenyans will have to wait up to August before their land problems will begin to be effectively tackled, the National Land Commission chairman has said. Mohamed Swazuri yesterday said the Lands Act will be fully functional only after it is passed by the national assembly. Swazuri said they are still collecting views from the public that will be used in forming a credible Lands Act.