Amnesty International, 11 May 2006
"Across Africa hundreds of thousands of people each year are forcibly evicted, in many cases being left homeless, losing their possessions without compensation and/or being forcibly displaced far from sources of clean water, food, sanitation, livelihood or education, in violation of regional and international law, including the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. In most cases these forced evictions are conducted without any due process, consultation or adequate notice. Officials carrying out the evictions often resort to excessive use of force, including beating residents, and demolishing homes as well as destroying properties. Amnesty International has also documented cases where people, often children, have died during or as a result of forced evictions. Amnesty International has documented cases of forced evictions in Angola, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Swaziland and Zimbabwe."
