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@oak_institute

Oakland Institute

3 months

. @WorldBank suspends funding for REGROW project in #Tanzania ! A major win after a year of steadfast advocacy by @oak_institute & impacted communities resisting the project for its egregious human rights abuses, evictions of tens of thousands, livelihood restrictions & failure to

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. @WorldBank @SuluhuSamia Under Fire! @InspectionPanel recommendation to investigate #Tanzania #REGROW Project approved by @WorldBank Board. @oak_institute report Unaccountable & Complicit exposed Bank’s complicity in violence & #humanrights abuses against #Indigenous and local

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. @WorldBank Exposed! New @oak_institute investigation reveals Bank’s complicity in @SuluhuSamia govt’s plan for expansion of @RuahaNP in #Tanzania through violence & forced evictions. Over 20,000 #Indigenous & local villagers to be evicted for tourism $$. Bank-funded rangers

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Take Action Now! Send a message & tell @WorldBank @WorldBankAfrica @BeleteNathan @VictoriaKwakwa @WBTanzania to STOP financing evictions & human rights abuses to expand @RuahaNP : @Mittaloak @MariaSTsehai @Oleshangay @DenisMoses14 @ndycurrier

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As the #Tanzanian gov’t runs roughshod resettlement plans for so-called “volunteers” from the #NCA , factfinding mission at #Msomera village exposes critical flaws w/ relocation site. Latest update: @Mittaloak @Oleshangay @MariaSTsehai

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🚨BREAKING - Violent demarcation to turn village land in #Loliondo into #Pololeti Game Controlled Area (GCA) for #trophyhunting in June 2022 delivered a major blow by High Court of #Tanzania at Arusha. Court ruled there was no consultation of impacted villagers; GCA designation

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. @SuluhuSamia govt escalates evictions, violence & livelihood restrictions against #Indigenous in #Tanzania in 2024 – communities calling for urgent international support! @Mittaloak @MariaSTsehai @Oleshangay @DenisMoses14 @ndycurrier

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Our research & advocacy alongside impacted villagers has shattered the silence on the role of the @WorldBank in funding @SuluhuSamia ’s brutal campaign to expand tourism in @RuahaNP at any cost. The media attention has generated momentum to hold the Bank accountable. Now we need

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. @MwananchiNews “There has been a massacre of citizens carried out by those believed to be rangers of Ruaha National Park.” Pressure increasing on @SuluhuSamia @AngellahKairuki & @WorldBank @WBTanzania for answers following media coverage of @oak_institute report Unaccountable &

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. @SuluhuSamia govt. on a rampage against #Indigenous People in #Tanzania – URGENT ALERT! Impacted villagers are sounding the alarm that their rights to land & life are under siege from a govt focused on increasing $$$ from safari tourism & hunting at any cost. Latest update

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. @WorldBank Board of Executive Directors approve recommendation of the @InspectionPanel (IP) to investigate the Bank financed #REGROW Project in Tanzania. Funding should have been frozen months ago when the Bank was first made aware of the harms caused by its financing. Findings

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#TRUMP We are here to say that climate denial, racism, misogyny, homophobia, and bigotry will not become our new normal. @greenpeaceusa

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. @SuluhuSamia - serikali yazidisha uondoaji, ghasia na vizuizi vya riziki dhidi ya wanajamii wa kiasili. – jamii hizi zinaomba usaidizi wa haraka wa kimataifa! @Mittaloak @MariaSTsehai @Oleshangay @DenisMoses14 @WateteziTV @TheChanzo @AngellahKairuki

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. @SuluhuSamia govt. has faced widespread condemnation for land theft & #humanrights abuses to expand tourism, but the role of the US govt as a driving force behind these plans has been under the radar – until now. Pulling Back the Curtain: How the US Drives Tanzania’s War on

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“Please – if help doesn’t come, our people will disappear from the valley” New report sounds alarm on severe humanitarian crisis faced by #Indigenous tribes in #Ethiopia ’s Lower Omo Valley. @Mittaloak @AbiyAhmedAli @PMEthiopia @WorldVisionEth

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. @VP Last week communities wrote to you pleading to help end the violence & restore land to the #Indigenous #Maasai peoples of #Loliondo & #Ngorongoro before they all become refugees. What action will @KamalaHarris take to address the situation? Silence = Complicity!

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NEW REPORT: Uncovers #Tanzanian govt’s plan to remove tens of thousands of Maasai from the #Ngorongoro Conservation Area, despite being the stewards of the land for generations. @Mittaloak @oleshangay @TunduALissu @PINGOsforum @Ngorongorovoice @Survival

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. @WorldBank @IMFnews @EBRD NEW REPORT – War & Theft: The Takeover of Ukraine’s Agricultural Land unmasks how western financial institutions, investors & oligarchs are seizing control of Europe’s breadbasket amidst chaos of war. @Mittaloak

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. @AP @Roduza - Facing pressure from rights groups, @WorldBank suspends funding for Tanzania tourism project: " @oak_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

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. @SuluhuSamia @TZparks rangers shot & killed 21 yr-old herder, Zengo Dotto near @RuahaNP on the morning of Oct. 28, 2023, as he & other herders tried to prevent the illegal seizure of their cattle. This is the latest in a string of murders committed by TANAPA rangers against

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. @WorldBank faces international uproar over complicity in abuses in #Tanzania . Petition with >72,000 signatures delivered to #AjayBanga to IMMEDIATELY STOP funding the #REGROW project – responsible for widespread #humanrights abuses faced by communities living near @RuahaNP .

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🎾 Why does the “world’s first #Serengeti tennis match” render #JohnMcEnroe & @PatrickMcEnroe complicit in @SuluhuSamia ’s brutal campaign against the #Maasai in #Tanzania ? Read The Epic Tanzania Tour: #Sportswashing Abuses against the #Maasai : @Mittaloak

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On May 6, 2023, a helicopter carrying 6 @tzparks rangers made a surprise landing in #Mwanawala village in the #Mbarali District of #Tanzania . They proceeded to savagely beat several men & women & seize hundreds of cattle. THREAD @Mittaloak

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. @mongabay @unkyoka @MongabayOrg "Farmers & herders in southern #Tanzania say rangers at @RuahaNP have committed extrajudicial killings & livestock theft in a bid to drive them off their land to make way for tourists.” Must read on how @SuluhuSamia govt’s focus on tourism &

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. @ThomsonSafaris – US luxury safari firm – accused by local communities of taking advantage of escalating repression against #Maasai in Tanzania to tighten its stranglehold over their land. New report: @Mittaloak @Oleshangay @MariaSTsehai @TheChanzo

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. @WorldBank @InspectionPanel launches investigation into #REGROW project in #Tanzania . THREAD Investigation follows complaint filed by @oak_institute on behalf of impacted villagers facing evictions, human rights abuses & livelihood restrictions to expand #Ruaha NP.

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. @AfClimateSummit launched w/ hundreds of millions of $ pledged to #CarbonCredits which open up the continent to green colonialism. @WilliamsRuto @HonTuya @Environment_Ke @_AfricanUnion @UNEP_Africa must reject false climate solutions. Read @Mittaloak

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Join over 72,000 people who are calling on @WorldBank to STOP financing #humanrights abuses to expand #tourism in #Tanzania : Learn more: @Mittaloak @RainforestResq

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World Bank: Stop financing evictions and human rights abuses in Tanzania!

Tanzania’s government plans to evict over 20,000 people under the pretext of conservation by doubling the size of Ruaha National Park. The World Bank is enabling this move, which will trample the...

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New report exposes oil interests & devt finance institutions bankrolling @NewForests African Forestry Impact Platform & its investment @GreenResources #StopGreenColonialism . @mitsuiandco @Nomura @BritishIntInv @norfund @Finnfund @Mittaloak @GRAIN_org

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. @WorldBank @InspectionPanel ongoing field research visit to #Tanzania still does not stop @tzparks escalating harassment & crippling livelihood restrictions against local herders. > 500 cattle seized in latest enforcement of illegally expanded @RuahaNP boundaries. @WBTanzania

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. @guardian @KaamilAhmed - "Investigation launched into killings and evictions on World Bank tourism project” Important coverage of our new report Unaccountable & Complicit - rd/share: @Mittaloak @ndycurrier @WorldBank @WorldBankAfrica

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Investigation launched into killings and evictions on World Bank tourism project

Tanzania government blamed for violence against villagers in national park, while thousands more people face losing their homes

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Killings Rapes Brutal Assaults Cattle Seizures Massive Evictions These are the realities for villagers living near @RuahaNP today as the @WorldBank funds the parks expansion at the expense of local communities. Learn more: @Mittaloak @MariaSTsehai

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. @SuluhuSamia govt’s #humanrights abuses in #NCA & #Loliondo have been internationally condemned but the role of the @WorldBank in financing the atrocities taking place in the south of the country to expand @RuahaNP have gone under the radar – until now. New report:

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BREAKING: In the past week, the Nicaraguan govt has stripped 29 NGOs of their legal status, including #Indigenous & #Afro -descendent groups, in an attempt to silence their struggle for their lands & lives. @Mittaloak @MaryLawlorhrds @EnvirOptimist

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. @WorldBank @InspectionPanel received a request for inspection from villagers facing sever #humanrights abuses, evictions, & livelihood restrictions as result of the Bank’s #REGROW project. Despite receiving the complaint in June, the panel’s recommendation for accountability

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. @guardian It’s becoming a war zone’: #Tanzania ’s #Maasai speak out on ‘forced’ removals @Mittaloak @Oleshangay @MariaSTsehai @DenisMoses14 @UN_SPExperts

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. @UNESCO #WHC finally calls on @SamiaSuluhu govt to respond to allegations of #humanrights violations & forced evictions within @visitngorongoro following @oak_institute reports & advocacy. Tanzanian govt. is asked to prove that a fair, just & equitably governed consultative

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. @guardian @KaamilAhmed - " @WorldBank 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: @Mittaloak

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World Bank suspends Tanzania tourism funding after claims of killings and evictions

Plan to expand Ruaha national park has been beset by allegations of abuse, leading bank to withhold final $50m of $150m budget

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CAMPAIGN VICTORY! After a year of advocacy – incl. complaint to @InspectionPanel – @WorldBank suspends financing for REGROW project in #Tanzania with immediate effect! The $150 ml project was to “develop” tourism – but exposed by @oak_institute as financing violence by @tzparks

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2 years

Tanzanian gov't continues violent repression of the #Maasai in #Loliondo despite worldwide condemnation. Update on escalating arrests, cattle seizures & more: @Mittaloak @Oleshangay @alakara_shayo @SusannaN2 @MariaSTsehai @UN_SPExperts

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#WorldWildlifeDay - #Maasai are ancestral guardians of ecosystems. But their right to land & life is under attack by @SuluhuSamia #Tanzania prioritizing foreign tourist $$$. Wildlife CANNOT be protected without #landrights of the #Indigenous ! Learn more:

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. @ThomsonSafaris 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: @Mittaloak @ndycurrier

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. @CanadaFP sanctions #Rajapaksa brothers – other countries must follow suit! Urgent need for intl. independent judicial process to put perpetrators of humanrts abuses on trial, end impunity, ensure justice. #SriLanka @Mittaloak @ctconline @UstpacAdvocacy

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Land grabs & settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied #WestBank have exploded over the past two weeks. THREAD

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. @achpr_cadhp Villagers waited in vain for you in Ololosokwan #Tanzania "I have become a thief in my own land. I have cows that have no food...cows being captured.. Where is our future. Where is our tomorrow." Read more at @Mittaloak @ndycurrier

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. @ThomsonSafaris – US luxury tourism operator accused of stealing land & devastating livelihoods of #Maasai communities – has a new owner. Will @LindbladExp @Nathab answer #Indigenous communities’ demands for return of their land or continue to profit from their misery? Latest

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. @UNESCO 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 @SuluhuSamia regime that is trampling rights to land & life to expand tourism in the park. The time to

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. @NRT_Kenya in crisis! Board accused of "tearing the organisation apart" through "divisive leadership, lack of due process & transparency” by founder Ian Craig who resigns in protest & calls for independent review into current leadership. For years, #Indigenous communities have

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. @LindbladExp @Nathab have acquired @ThomsonSafaris for $30 million despite allegations against the US-based tourism operator of land theft & human rights abuses by #Maasai communities in #Tanzania . If truly committed to responsible travel & sustainability as advertised, they

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. @SuluhuSamia demotes Conservation Commissioner of TANAPA @tzparks . Heads are rolling in response to @oak_institute report, Unaccountable & Complicit, which exposed role of @tzparks rangers in murders, rapes & severe brutality against #Indigenous & local villagers for expansion

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. @AP @Roduza - "Rights watchdog accuses the @WorldBank of complicity in rights abuses around Tanzanian national park.” Must read coverage of new @oak_institute report – Unaccountable & Complicit – that exposes role of the Bank in financing evictions & human rights abuses to

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. @SuluhuSamia Where is Oriais Oleng’iyo? Maasai elder (85) disappeared during #Loliondo demarcation violence in June 2022 after reportedly being shot. High Court of #Tanzania will hear the case on his forced disappearance today – govt must provide answers as the world watches!

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. @Worldbank yakabiliwa na ghasia nzito kutoka nchi za kimataifa kuhusu kushiriki katika dhuluma nchini #Tanzania . Ombi lililo na sahihi zaidi ya 73,000 limewasilishwa kwa #AjayBanga ili KUSITISHA MARA MOJA ufadhili wa mradi wa #REGROW - unaohusika katika unyanyasaji mkubwa wa

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Nuevo informe del @oak_institute revela que las comunidades #ind ígenas y afrodescendientes en #Nicaragua se enfrentan a la violencia incesante y la colonización de tierras causadas por la minería del oro, mientras no se aplican las sanciones del @USTreasury . 👉Lee/comparte el

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. @USATODAY - The fame of the #McEnroe brothers and #sports are being used to hide “travesty on the ground’’ - @mittaloak 🎾 As the #EpicTanzaniaTour begins in #Tanzania today, read about how the tour is complicit in @SuluhuSamia ’s brutal campaign against the #Maasai :

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. @mongabay @johnccannon " ‘Development’ projects in #Ethiopia leave starvation, disease in wake" - amplifies dire situation facing #Indigenous in Lower Omo. @Mittaloak @UNICEFEthiopia @OCHA_Ethiopia @WHOEthiopia

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‘Development’ projects in Ethiopia leave starvation, disease in wake: Report

A flagship dam and large-scale sugarcane plantations in southwestern Ethiopia are causing starvation and disease among several Indigenous groups driven off their land by the projects, according to a...

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. @guardian cites our report, Drying out African Lands, which reveals promises of irrigation infrastructure via "land investments" benefits pvt firms for large-scale export crops instead of local farmers/communities in #Africa . #WorldWaterDay @Mittaloak

Better use of groundwater could transform Africa, research says

Studies ‘debunk the myth that Africa is running out of water’ but say resource needs to be better managed

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New report exposes powerful investors & political connections driving a false climate solution against strong opposition from Indigenous communities, farmers, & landowners in the Midwest. #NoCO2Pipeline @Mittaloak @iowacci @PlainsAction @JessMazour

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. @SuluhuSamia govt is scrambling to resume #REGROW project funding by planting easily debunked stories in state media. We set the record straight to this disinformation campaign - Rd/share to learn about #HumanRights abuses to boost #tourism in @RuahaNP :

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. @WorldBank suspended financing to #REGROW project in #Tanzania after a year of relentless advocacy on behalf of communities facing evictions & egregious human rights abuses for a tourism “development” project. Learn about this landmark victory:

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. @tzparks rangers carry out another vicious attack within illegally expanded @RuahaNP boundary just after @WorldBank suspended financing of the REGROW project. Over 800 cattle in Iyala village seized on April 20th – Mbarali court orders the owners to pay an outlandish rate of

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"To protect #biodiversity , the colonization of #Indigenous lands in the name of conservation must come to an end.” - @Mittaloak Rd/share interview with @afrik21 exposing how under the guise of biodiversity conservation, local communities are being evicted to boost tourism $$$ in

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. @TheAtlantic @mccrummens : ‘THIS WILL FINISH US’ How Gulf princes, the #safari industry, & conservation groups are displacing the #Maasai from the last of their #Serengeti homeland. Vital read echoing @oak_institute on @SuluhuSamia govt’s escalating eviction campaign against the

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. @SuluhuSamia – as a mother like me, can you feel the pain of my child? Heart breaking testimony from 15yr old Joshua & his mother detailing the violence inflicted by @visitngorongoro rangers. While shocking, these atrocities are common for #Maasai living in the #NCA as govt

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NEW review of large scale agriculture schemes in Africa – released on the eve of the #FAME2022 People’s Alternative World Water Forum in Senegal – sounds the alarm on #watergrabs and calls for urgent action to protect the right to water across Africa Major findings THREAD 1/

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1 yr into the #UkraineRussiaWar ️, new report reveals how #oligarchs & financial interests are consolidating control of #Ukraine ’s agricultural land w/ help & financing from @IMFnews @KGeorgieva @WorldBank @DavidMalpassWBG @EBRD @OdileRenaud . @Mittaloak

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. @StateDept @SecBlinken @USTreasury @SecYellen #Nicaragua ALERT – Another massacre of #Indigenous People/houses burnt to the ground w/complicity of foreign mining corporations. Govts & international institutions must act urgently. @CIDH @Mittaloak

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It is immoral & illegal for the US to send military aid, bombs & weapons that are enabling #Israel ’s horrific #warcrimes in Gaza. THREAD🧵 @Mittaloak @OmarSShakir @KenRoth @theCCR @IfNotNowOrg @Grain @hrw @amnestyusa @amnesty @theIMEU @IPS_DC @SIPRIorg @CivCenter @CostsOfWar

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New @oak_institute report reveals #Indigenous & Afro-descendant communities in #Nicaragua face relentless violence & land colonization fueled by gold mining, while @USTreasury sanctions go unenforced. Read/share new report: @Mittaloak @joshmayer

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. @SuluhuSamia govt & @tatooffice undertake a media campaign to deny findings of egregious #humanrights abuses & forced displacement to expand @RuahaNP We stand firmly by our work, which was confirmed by @WorldBank ’s own field investigation & led to its April 2024 decision to

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NEW BRIEF examines resettlement plans for Maasai from NCA & identifies serious flaws w/ the resettlement process, feasibility of selection sites, & major discrepancies between government promises & the actual situation on the ground.

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Drying Out African Lands New report reveals the threat of large-scale agriculture schemes on access to water in Africa: #StopWaterGrabs

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As long as the @WorldBank finances the #REGROW project, @tzparks rangers will continue retaliation against the villagers for speaking out about their suffering. #AjayBanga can no longer ignore over 73,000 people who demand stop funding atrocities in #Tanzania ! Stopping $$$ is

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Humanity Must Prevail - Instead of fueling the flames through increased military support, the US govt. must take immediate steps to de-escalate the conflict and stop the violence. Take action now - call on your representatives to stop the bloodshed and work towards peace &

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For speaking out to elevate the human rights abuses the #Maasai face, 15yr old Joshua & his mother are now in hiding & in need of financial support. DONATE to support Joshua’s struggle for justice - note “Tanzania” in the donation comment & 100% will go to help him & his

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New report unveils reforms imposed by @IMFnews @WorldBank @EBRD including opening of land market – benefit #agribusiness interests & oligarchs instead of #Ukrainian farmers. @ecodiya @GRAIN_org @mittaloak @caneecca @ceebankwatch @ProgIntl @brettonwoodspr

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Oakland Institute

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"The very survival of the #Kwegu , #Mursi , #Bodi is under threat. Acute hunger common due to the #GibeIII blockage of annual flood that communities relied on for centuries to cultivate – compounded w/ loss of land to sugar plantations.” - @Mittaloak

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Oakland Institute

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. @AGRF @AfdB efforts to expand chemical fertilizer use in #Africa worsen the #climatecrisis & trap farmers in a vicious cycle of dependency. African farmers reject @AGRAAlliance pro-corporate model & call for a new path forward! Learn more: @Mittaloak

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Oakland Institute

3 months

Amidst the ongoing #genocide decades of colonization & #ApartheidIsrael @aps_auc hosts @Mittaloak lecture at the American University Cairo to mark the 76th anniversary of the #Nakba "The New Palestinian Nakba & Global Resistance to the Empire" May 13, 2024 6:30 - 8:00 PM

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Oakland Institute

2 years

. @UNESCO Given the looming threat of eviction delist #Ngorongoro from the #WorldHeritageSite ." @Mittaloak @UNESCO says it has never at any time asked for the displacement of the #Maasai people. #Ngorongoro See more @PINGOsForum @Oleshangay

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Oakland Institute

3 years

NEW REPORT: Under the guise of “community conservancies” @NRT_Kenya drives #FortressConservation , decimation of #pastoralist livelihoods & human rights abuses in #NorthernKenya . @Mittaloak

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Oakland Institute

2 years

. @EACJCourt failure to hold the Tanzanian gov’t accountable for blatantly abusing human rights of the #Maasai communities is a travesty for the Indigenous on the continent - @Mittaloak Rd/Share latest update:

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Oakland Institute

2 years

Read/Share our 2021 Annual Report – reaffirming that regardless of the odds, victories against injustice are always within reach. Deep gratitude to our partners, allies, & supporters for making these wins possible! @Mittaloak @ndycurrier @AnaGaitanU

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Oakland Institute

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“This suspension is a big deal... It is not often that funding of a project is stopped while an investigation by the @InspectionPanel is happening.” - @Mittaloak @Mongabay @vic_schneider : Human rights allegations prompt World Bank to freeze project’s funds in Tanzania:

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Oakland Institute

3 years

"Far from an isolated incident, the latest attack is an escalating pattern of violence & dispossession inflicted on Indigenous communities living on protected lands by settlers coming to illegally log, mine for gold & raise cattle in the area.” @Mittaloak

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Oakland Institute

2 years

. @UNESCO claims it “has never at any time asked for the displacement of the Maasai people.” Our statement & short thread exposing this lie: @Mittaloak @Oleshangay @MariaSTsehai @PINGOsForum @SusannaN2

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Oakland Institute

1 year

. @VP – Maasai communities in #Loliondo & #Ngorongoro wrote to you sharing the dire consequences of @SuluhuSamia govt’s violent campaign against their rights to land & life. You must raise this issue during your trip to #Tanzania @USAmbTanzania @knicole_a @WhiteHouse @Mittaloak

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Oakland Institute

2 years

. @iamjohnoliver @LastWeekTonight exposé on carbon offsets as false climate solutions highlighted our work revealing @GreenResources #carboncredit plantation forcibly evicted villagers in #Uganda from land vital to their livelihoods. #EndCarbonColonialism

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Oakland Institute

10 months

. @WorldBank Exposed! New @oak_institute investigation reveals Bank’s complicity in @SuluhuSamia govt’s plan for expansion of @RuahaNP in #Tanzania through violence & forced evictions. Over 20,000 #Indigenous & local villagers to be evicted for tourism dollars. Bank-funded

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Oakland Institute

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. @Oleshangay : "Standing here, I am representing the voice of the people who have never been close to the centers of power but whose rights are being violated with impunity...People around the world are supporting our cause. We are not alone.” Congratulations to our courageous

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2 years

$38 Billion Question – Who is Driving the Destructive Industrial Agriculture Model? New blog reveals @Vanguard_group @Blackrock as largest shareholders behind major #fertilizer & #pesticide companies. @Mittaloak

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Oakland Institute

2 years

Breaking: Maasai Rising to Resist Eviction Plans in Ngorongoro Conservation Area - read & share the latest updates: @Mittaloak

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Oakland Institute

2 years

Strong message from @Mittaloak to all uncorrupted #AGRF2022 participants - LISTEN to the African farmers calling to scale #agroecology & stop funding @AGRAAlliance ’s failed industrial model. Now is the time for action! Watch the full press conference:

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Oakland Institute

2 years

URGENT – Heavy Police Presence in Loliondo as Threats of Mass Evictions of the Maasai Intensify To learn more see: @Mittaloak @ndycurrier @alakara_shayo @MariaSTsehai @OlengurumwaO @SusannaN2 @USAIDTanzania @USAmbTanzania

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Ole lemoloo Jr

2 years

The highest level of torture and intimidation in grabbing the community land in loliondo. The community of loliondo protested against placing of beacons 1500Km which is the community land. @Oleshangay @AnethStanley @SusannaN2 @SuluhuSamia @ThabitSenior

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Despite overwhelming opposition, learn why @summit_carbon #CarbonPipeline is still moving forward. New report unmasks powerful investors & political connections driving destructive pipeline. #NCCC22 @Mittaloak @ndycurrier

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Oakland Institute

3 years

Tanzanian gov’t renews efforts to seize 1,500 km2 of legally registered village land in Loliondo, threatening to displace 70k #Maasai to make way for safari tourism & trophy hunting by @OBC_Tanzania Latest update: @Mittaloak @Oleshangay @SusannaN2

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Oakland Institute

11 months

“They hate us. They don’t want us here and are doing everything they can to drive us away.” A young herder – viciously assaulted by @visitngorongoro rangers in the #NCA speaks out! Rangers responsible must be brought to justice! @Mittaloak

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Oakland Institute

2 years

We wrote to Tanzania’s main donors calling on them to help end the planned evictions of Indigenous #Maasai pastoralists from their ancestral lands in the name of conservation. Donors must take action now or be complicit! @survival @Mittaloak @Oleshangay @PINGOsForum @UNESCO

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Oakland Institute

2 years

On behalf of over 106k people, the petition amplifying community demand to end the planned evictions of Indigenous #Maasai pastoralists from #Ngorongoro in the name of conservation was redelivered to @UNESCO @SuluhuSamia Action required now! @Mittaloak

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Oakland Institute

11 months

New report exposes devastating impact of #carbonmarkets – set to dominate agenda at @AfClimateSummit . Instead of promoting green colonialism, @WilliamsRuto must listen to African civil society & reject false climate solutions. Read @Mittaloak @mohadow

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