Inhabitants of Africas
Rio de Janeiro Declaration on Forced Evictions in Nigeria
To acknowledge the role of National Union of Tenants of Nigeria towards housing right protection in Nigeria, the union was selected by the UN-HABITAT to host a Networking Event on urban innovation at the just concluded fifth session of the World Urban Forum held from 22nd to 26th March 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Sénégal, Keur Massar, le collectif des inondés dénonce
À quelques mois de l'hivernage, les populations de Keur Massar et environs vivent déjà la psychose des inondations. Profitant d'un face-à-face avec la presse, elles ont dénoncé le manque de suivi des engagements de l'Etat pour leur trouver une solution rapide et efficace des eaux envahissant leurs maisons. Elles ont aussi fustigé l'attitude des responsables de l'usine de la Sedima qui, selon eux, pompent les eaux de l'unité de 2 pour les déverser dans les autres unités.
Port Harcourt, Abonema Wharf: a community sitting on a keg of gun powder!
Mrs Gift George, women leader in Abonema Wharf community addressing the media during the Social Action organised press briefing on Wednesday, 27th January, 2010.
Social Action in collaboration with Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) organised a press briefing at Abonema wharf community on Wednesday to once again draw attention to the plights of the over 200,000 people that would be displaced and rendered homeless.
Dandora Dumping Site: The Biggest Human Rights Violation in Kenya
Nairobi, Stop Dumping Death on Us
Nairobi has over 4,000,000 inhabitants and just one dumping site: Dandora. People are obliged to burn the waste and toxic fumes contaminate the air 24 hours a day affecting over 900,000 people.
On the 10th of December 2009
, World Human Rights Day, the campaign invites you to take part in a public forum at Korogocho Chief Camp, a space for community members and key institutional stakeholders to look for a way forward.
Update Report on Port Harcourt demolitions
One of the De-roofed buildings in Njemanze Street, Port Harcourt
This Report is given based on follow-up activity by the National Union of Tenants of Nigeria, which includes visits to the area and interviews with the affected persons. The Report will be update to include the living conditions of the affected and suggestions on how they could be assisted to alleviate their plights and prevent a reoccurrence.
Report Bundu Waterfront Genocide
Bundu Waterfront Genocide
Interim report on
12 October 2009 Bund Waterfront Genocide
By the Government of Rivers StateThis Report is on the recent Genocide at Bundu Waterfront in the Township axis of Port Harcourt in the Rivers State of Nigeria. The Report is presented by the National Union of Tenants of Nigeria and based, not only on newspaper publications, but more on the personal experiences by officials of the union who visited the scene and equally had interviews with leaders of the affected community who confirmed the incident and gave useful information to the union.
Maroc: Au secours, "Caryane centra" agonise!
Au secours Caryane centra agonise!
Le mythique bidonville des Carrières centrales est dans l'œil de la spéculation foncière, pour se voir menacé de dispersion aux quatre coins de Casablanca.
Durban, Violent attacks on the Abahlali baseMjondolo:evictions and deaths
Eyewitness Video Testimony
The political rivalry in KwaZulu Natal has exploited ethnic sentiment and tensions that emerged during the Jacob Zuma election campaign, and we believe that the African National Congress (ANC) in and around Kennedy Road is using ethnicity to mobilise local residents against popular social movements such as Abahlali baseMjondolo. We call to mobilise in solidarity of the Kennedy Road Development Committee and Abahlali baseMjondolo.
South Africa, Relocation, relocation, demonstration
Abalahli march on Dan Plato 20th july 2009 (© Sydelle Willow Smith)
The South Africa's largest shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) have been fighting over the issue of housing rights for 15 years now. Now a representative is in London to promote te movement
Port Harcourt, UN-Habitat for an immediate moratorium on demolitions and forced evictions
While the River State Governor seems to have engaged a final battle to destroy Njemanze and Abonnema Wharf waterfronts despite the Federal High Court of Nigeria made an Order restraining him from carrying out any demolition in the waterfronts, UN-Habitat has spread the Report on the fact-finding mission to Port Harcourt (12-16 March 2009). No formal comments were received from the Rivers State Government, but our sources confirm that they had received the Report and was aware of UN-HABITAT's assessment of the evictions in Port Harcourt.