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Need for Immediate Action to the Tanzanian Government’s Full Descent into Violent Authoritarianism
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November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Need for Immediate Action to the Tanzanian Government’s Full Descent into Violent Authoritarianism
Full statement: www.oaklandinstitute.org/public-state...
Full statement: www.oaklandinstitute.org/public-state...
The new Shafted report shows how the DRC-Rwanda deal entrenches exploitation, enriches elites & allows the brutal war to continue decimating countless lives.
True justice will only come when Congolese communities set the terms for their own future:
🔗 www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted
True justice will only come when Congolese communities set the terms for their own future:
🔗 www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted
October 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The new Shafted report shows how the DRC-Rwanda deal entrenches exploitation, enriches elites & allows the brutal war to continue decimating countless lives.
True justice will only come when Congolese communities set the terms for their own future:
🔗 www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted
True justice will only come when Congolese communities set the terms for their own future:
🔗 www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted
#Trump's failed “peace” deal was never about peace in the DRC.
New report exposes the deal to be the latest US maneuver to control Congolese critical minerals – rewarding Rwanda & US firms while the war ravages lives.
www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted
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New report exposes the deal to be the latest US maneuver to control Congolese critical minerals – rewarding Rwanda & US firms while the war ravages lives.
www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted
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October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#Trump's failed “peace” deal was never about peace in the DRC.
New report exposes the deal to be the latest US maneuver to control Congolese critical minerals – rewarding Rwanda & US firms while the war ravages lives.
www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted
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New report exposes the deal to be the latest US maneuver to control Congolese critical minerals – rewarding Rwanda & US firms while the war ravages lives.
www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted
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Tanzania's Presidential Land Commissions must respect & restore rights of Maasai living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
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September 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Tanzania's Presidential Land Commissions must respect & restore rights of Maasai living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
RD/Share: www.oaklandinstitute.org/public-state...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @survivalinternational.org @mongabay.com @rainforestrescue.bsky.social @amazonwatch.org
RD/Share: www.oaklandinstitute.org/public-state...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @survivalinternational.org @mongabay.com @rainforestrescue.bsky.social @amazonwatch.org
World Bank receives scathing letter from 11 UNSR's: You are liable under int law for harms caused by the REGROW proj in Tanzania.
Killings continue & life remains on hold for >84k people w/ crippling livelihood restrictions still in place. The Bank has responsibility to end their suffering NOW!
Killings continue & life remains on hold for >84k people w/ crippling livelihood restrictions still in place. The Bank has responsibility to end their suffering NOW!
September 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
World Bank receives scathing letter from 11 UNSR's: You are liable under int law for harms caused by the REGROW proj in Tanzania.
Killings continue & life remains on hold for >84k people w/ crippling livelihood restrictions still in place. The Bank has responsibility to end their suffering NOW!
Killings continue & life remains on hold for >84k people w/ crippling livelihood restrictions still in place. The Bank has responsibility to end their suffering NOW!
In 2024, we supported over 10 million people defending their land & lives against land grabs threatening 16 million ha.
From Tanzania to Sri Lanka, DRC & Ukraine – we are audacious & adamant, bold & unafraid.
This is why we win.
New Impact Report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/about/annual...
From Tanzania to Sri Lanka, DRC & Ukraine – we are audacious & adamant, bold & unafraid.
This is why we win.
New Impact Report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/about/annual...
August 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In 2024, we supported over 10 million people defending their land & lives against land grabs threatening 16 million ha.
From Tanzania to Sri Lanka, DRC & Ukraine – we are audacious & adamant, bold & unafraid.
This is why we win.
New Impact Report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/about/annual...
From Tanzania to Sri Lanka, DRC & Ukraine – we are audacious & adamant, bold & unafraid.
This is why we win.
New Impact Report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/about/annual...
1 yr ago, over 40,000 Maasai villagers staged a historic protest against efforts to strip their rights & drive them from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
As their struggle continues today, international pressure on increasingly repressive TZ govt. is imperative to protect their rights!
As their struggle continues today, international pressure on increasingly repressive TZ govt. is imperative to protect their rights!
August 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
1 yr ago, over 40,000 Maasai villagers staged a historic protest against efforts to strip their rights & drive them from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
As their struggle continues today, international pressure on increasingly repressive TZ govt. is imperative to protect their rights!
As their struggle continues today, international pressure on increasingly repressive TZ govt. is imperative to protect their rights!
The DRC just signed a preliminary exploration deal with KoBold Metals – AI mining firm backed by billionaires Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Marc Andreessen, Sam Altman & more.
July 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The DRC just signed a preliminary exploration deal with KoBold Metals – AI mining firm backed by billionaires Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Marc Andreessen, Sam Altman & more.
A World Bank-funded ranger force is terrorizing Tanzanian villagers.
People are shot dead, disappeared & driven off their land.
New report reveals failure of Bank’s accountability mechanism as fallout from REGROW project continues to devastate lives: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/accou...
People are shot dead, disappeared & driven off their land.
New report reveals failure of Bank’s accountability mechanism as fallout from REGROW project continues to devastate lives: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/accou...
July 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A World Bank-funded ranger force is terrorizing Tanzanian villagers.
People are shot dead, disappeared & driven off their land.
New report reveals failure of Bank’s accountability mechanism as fallout from REGROW project continues to devastate lives: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/accou...
People are shot dead, disappeared & driven off their land.
New report reveals failure of Bank’s accountability mechanism as fallout from REGROW project continues to devastate lives: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/accou...
#REGROW project in Tanzania fueled violence & land grabs - but the World Bank has failed to address the crisis it created.
Villagers are still being murdered, displaced & denied livelihoods.
New report exposes Bank’s failure of accountability & amplifies voices of communities demanding justice:
Villagers are still being murdered, displaced & denied livelihoods.
New report exposes Bank’s failure of accountability & amplifies voices of communities demanding justice:
July 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#REGROW project in Tanzania fueled violence & land grabs - but the World Bank has failed to address the crisis it created.
Villagers are still being murdered, displaced & denied livelihoods.
New report exposes Bank’s failure of accountability & amplifies voices of communities demanding justice:
Villagers are still being murdered, displaced & denied livelihoods.
New report exposes Bank’s failure of accountability & amplifies voices of communities demanding justice:
BREAKING! Big banks poured a staggering $869 BILLION into fossil fuels in 2024 alone. The new #BankingOnClimateChaos report reveals just how much these banks are contributing to the climate crisis. See where your bank falls at bankingonclimatechaos.org #BOCC
June 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
BREAKING! Big banks poured a staggering $869 BILLION into fossil fuels in 2024 alone. The new #BankingOnClimateChaos report reveals just how much these banks are contributing to the climate crisis. See where your bank falls at bankingonclimatechaos.org #BOCC
UN HumanRights experts call on the TZ govt to immediately stop the enforced disappearance of political opponents, human rights defenders & journalists, as a tool of repression to silence critics.
June 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
UN HumanRights experts call on the TZ govt to immediately stop the enforced disappearance of political opponents, human rights defenders & journalists, as a tool of repression to silence critics.
Abuses by governments and corporations don't pause between campaigns – and neither can we.
Help us raise $25,000 by July 1st to power urgent legal support, life-sustaining aid, and frontline research in response to requests from marginalized communities.
www.oaklandinstitute.org/donate-today
Help us raise $25,000 by July 1st to power urgent legal support, life-sustaining aid, and frontline research in response to requests from marginalized communities.
www.oaklandinstitute.org/donate-today
June 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Abuses by governments and corporations don't pause between campaigns – and neither can we.
Help us raise $25,000 by July 1st to power urgent legal support, life-sustaining aid, and frontline research in response to requests from marginalized communities.
www.oaklandinstitute.org/donate-today
Help us raise $25,000 by July 1st to power urgent legal support, life-sustaining aid, and frontline research in response to requests from marginalized communities.
www.oaklandinstitute.org/donate-today
DEMAND FOR ACTION ON LOG EXPORT PRICE DISCREPANCY
Community advocacy org ACT NOW PNG is calling on the Prime Minister & regulatory agencies to take urgent action to address the huge discrepancies in log export values revealed in a recent report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
Community advocacy org ACT NOW PNG is calling on the Prime Minister & regulatory agencies to take urgent action to address the huge discrepancies in log export values revealed in a recent report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
June 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
DEMAND FOR ACTION ON LOG EXPORT PRICE DISCREPANCY
Community advocacy org ACT NOW PNG is calling on the Prime Minister & regulatory agencies to take urgent action to address the huge discrepancies in log export values revealed in a recent report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
Community advocacy org ACT NOW PNG is calling on the Prime Minister & regulatory agencies to take urgent action to address the huge discrepancies in log export values revealed in a recent report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
Help us raise $25,000 by July 1st to power urgent legal support, life-sustaining aid, and frontline research in response to requests from marginalized communities.
Donate Today!
www.oaklandinstitute.org/donate-today
Donate Today!
www.oaklandinstitute.org/donate-today
June 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Help us raise $25,000 by July 1st to power urgent legal support, life-sustaining aid, and frontline research in response to requests from marginalized communities.
Donate Today!
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Donate Today!
www.oaklandinstitute.org/donate-today
New report from the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime reveals a US$1.5 billion loss due to mispricing of timber exports from #PapuaNewGuinea.
The government now has 1.5 billion reasons to take more decisive action & stop the plundering of the rainforest!
shorturl.at/Obxoy
The government now has 1.5 billion reasons to take more decisive action & stop the plundering of the rainforest!
shorturl.at/Obxoy
May 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
New report from the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime reveals a US$1.5 billion loss due to mispricing of timber exports from #PapuaNewGuinea.
The government now has 1.5 billion reasons to take more decisive action & stop the plundering of the rainforest!
shorturl.at/Obxoy
The government now has 1.5 billion reasons to take more decisive action & stop the plundering of the rainforest!
shorturl.at/Obxoy
UN Human Rights Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issues call for Tanzanian govt to "recognize & protect the collective rights of #Indigenous #Maasai People to own, develop, control & use their communal lands, territories & resources.”
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
May 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
UN Human Rights Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issues call for Tanzanian govt to "recognize & protect the collective rights of #Indigenous #Maasai People to own, develop, control & use their communal lands, territories & resources.”
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
Today marks 77 years of the #Nakba meaning "catastrophe" in Arabic when more than 800,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes & the state of #Israel was created. And the Nakba continues as Israel occupies, bombs & starves #Palestine today.
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May 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Today marks 77 years of the #Nakba meaning "catastrophe" in Arabic when more than 800,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes & the state of #Israel was created. And the Nakba continues as Israel occupies, bombs & starves #Palestine today.
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From #Indonesia to #Malawi #Madagascar #Philippines & #Argentina, case studies in Climatewash show how the World Bank's land agenda is displacing communities, undermining food sovereignty & fueling land inequity – all under the guise of #climateaction:
www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
May 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
From #Indonesia to #Malawi #Madagascar #Philippines & #Argentina, case studies in Climatewash show how the World Bank's land agenda is displacing communities, undermining food sovereignty & fueling land inequity – all under the guise of #climateaction:
www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
The #WorldBank's land agenda isn’t about #ClimateAction – it’s about corporate profit.
Catering to agribusiness & extractive industries, it threatens land, food, & #climate justice worldwide.
New report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
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Catering to agribusiness & extractive industries, it threatens land, food, & #climate justice worldwide.
New report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @brettonwoodsproject.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The #WorldBank's land agenda isn’t about #ClimateAction – it’s about corporate profit.
Catering to agribusiness & extractive industries, it threatens land, food, & #climate justice worldwide.
New report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @brettonwoodsproject.org
Catering to agribusiness & extractive industries, it threatens land, food, & #climate justice worldwide.
New report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @brettonwoodsproject.org
#Worldbank's fresh offensive on land rights EXPOSED in Climatewash. New report reveals how Bank is exploiting the #climatecrisis to push global land grab agenda that benefits corporations at expense of local & Indigenous communities.
oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
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oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#Worldbank's fresh offensive on land rights EXPOSED in Climatewash. New report reveals how Bank is exploiting the #climatecrisis to push global land grab agenda that benefits corporations at expense of local & Indigenous communities.
oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
@mittaloak.bsky.social
oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
@mittaloak.bsky.social
World Bank pledges to review & retrofit all conservation projects to ensure harms caused by #REGROW project are not repeated, in response to courageous advocacy by impacted Tanzanian villagers.
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April 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
World Bank pledges to review & retrofit all conservation projects to ensure harms caused by #REGROW project are not repeated, in response to courageous advocacy by impacted Tanzanian villagers.
@mittaloak.bsky.social
@mittaloak.bsky.social
World Bank's "critical failure” for #REGROW project confirmed by Inspection Panel.
But Bank’s action plan fails to address “serious harms” – forced evictions, human rights abuses & $70M in damages – for communities in Tanzania: www.oaklandinstitute.org/world-bank-f...
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But Bank’s action plan fails to address “serious harms” – forced evictions, human rights abuses & $70M in damages – for communities in Tanzania: www.oaklandinstitute.org/world-bank-f...
@mittaloak.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
World Bank's "critical failure” for #REGROW project confirmed by Inspection Panel.
But Bank’s action plan fails to address “serious harms” – forced evictions, human rights abuses & $70M in damages – for communities in Tanzania: www.oaklandinstitute.org/world-bank-f...
@mittaloak.bsky.social
But Bank’s action plan fails to address “serious harms” – forced evictions, human rights abuses & $70M in damages – for communities in Tanzania: www.oaklandinstitute.org/world-bank-f...
@mittaloak.bsky.social