Nigeria rapped for mass evictions due to Urban Development

by alaaron | October 28, 2010 at 06:13 am
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The rights group Amnesty International has criticised Nigeria's government over mass evictions in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

Plans for urban development and slum demolition have been a violently contested issue in Port Harcourt.

Amnesty is warning that continued development may leave as many as 200,000 people homeless.

Sprawling and chaotic, the city of Port Harcourt is Nigeria's oil capital in the Niger Delta.

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