Nigeria: More Than 800,000 Residents Evicted From Abuja From 2003 to 2007

Nigeria: More Than 800,000 Residents Evicted From Abuja From 2003 to 2007 - More than 800,000 residents were forcibly evicted from informal settlements in Abuja, Nigeria, from 2003 to 2007, during the administration of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, according to The Myth of the Abuja Master Plan: Forced evictions as urban planning in Abuja, Nigeria, a new report released by the Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) and the Lagos-based Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC). [AA Urbanisation]