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Beautification for Miss World |
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| What is affected |
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| Type of violation |
Forced eviction Demolition/destruction |
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| Date | 01 January 2002 | ||||||||
| Region | AFA [ Africa anglophone ] | ||||||||
| Country | Nigeria | ||||||||
| Location | Abuja | ||||||||
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| Housing losses | |||||||||
| - Number of homes | 1000 | ||||||||
| - Total value € | |||||||||
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| Brief narrative |
In an attempt to beautify the city of Abuja prior to hosting the 2002 Miss World Pageant, the Nigerian government destroyed shantytowns and evicted at least 1000 families from their homes. For full report, Mega-Events and Housing Rights released by COHRE (Centre for Housing Rights and Evictions) 5 August 2008 found at http://www.cohre.org/mega-events-chinese | ||||||||
| Costs | € 0 | ||||||||
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