Lesotho: Villagers Lodge Complaint With African Development Bank Against Lesotho Highlands Water Project

Grievances listed include unsatisfactory relocations, damaged homes, a lack of compensation and loss of livelihoods caused by the project

• Eighteen rural communities in Lesotho have filed a complaint with the African Development Bank over the implementation of Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
• Villagers allege a decade of broken promises, unsatisfactory relocations, a loss of natural resources, farm land and habitat, damage from blasting, and other harms.
• The Lesotho Highlands…