Tanzania, April 23 -- Dar es Salaam. Implementation of the $150 million World Bank-funded tourism development project will continue, the government said on Tuesday, trashing allegations of human rights violations as advanced by a foreign-based organisation.

Reacting to reports that the World Bank was suspending funding for the project, chief government spokesperson Mobhare Matinyi said the project would continue.

"The important thing is that implementation of the project will not stop but it will continue," Mr Matinyi told The Citizen on Tuesday.

Known as Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth (Regrow), the project seeks to improve the management of natural resources and tourism assets in priority areas of souther...