African Court orders Tanzania to pay rights activist $99,000 over deportation

Tanzanian ordered to pay a former NGO director $99,500 for illegally expelling him from the country in 2014. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights on Thursday ordered the Tanzanian government to pay a former NGO director $99,500 for illegally expelling him from the country in 2014.

The court, sitting in Dar es Salaam, awarded Anudo Ochieng Anudo $63,500 as compensation for salary income lost.