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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Isabel Choat

World Bank announces multimillion-dollar redress fund after killings and abuse claims at Tanzanian project

A man raises his arm above a white marker post in an expanse of dried ground with a few trees on the horizon.
A pastoralist indicates the border of Ruaha national park after the expansion. People allege they have faced violent evictions, disappearances and had cattle seized. Photograph: Michael Goima/The Guardian

The World Bank is embarking on a multimillion-dollar programme in response to alleged human rights abuses against Tanzanian herders during a flagship tourism project it funded for seven years.

Allegations made by pastoralist communities living in and around Ruaha national park include violent evictions, sexual assaults, killings, forced disappearances and large-scale cattle seizures from herders committed by rangers working for the Tanzanian national park authority (Tanapa).

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