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A child walks along a street in Abonnema Wharf waterfront, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 2010. The area has been named as the next to be demolished as part of the city’s redevelopment programme. Thousands of residents are at risk of forced eviction as a result. © Amnesty International

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NIGERIA: THEME PARK PLAN MAY LEAVE 200,000 HOMELESS

Thousands of people living in waterfront areas of Port Harcourt, Nigeria could be forcibly evicted to make way for a theme park, shopping mall and hotel. Communities were not adequately consulted about the state government’s urban renewal ‘Master Plan’, which will see their homes demolished. Many of the 19,000 people evicted at an earlier stage of the redevelopment also lost possessions and livelihoods, and still have nowhere to live.

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