Friday, October 29, 2010

Nigeria's oil capital "evicts 200,000"


afrol News, 28 October
"Over 200,000 people are at risk of losing their homes" in Nigeria's oil capital Port Harcourt, a new report documents. Shanty towns are demolished without compensation to modernise the city's waterfront.

Amnesty International today released a 44-page report, documenting the large-scale demolition of poor residents' homes in Port Harcourt. Without prior notice and without compensation, poor city dwellers are evicted from their homes in a long-term drive to develop the rich city.

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