Tanzania, siding with UAE firm, plans to evict Maasai from ancestral lands

In 2018, the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) granted an injunction prohibiting the Tanzanian government from evicting Maasai communities from 1,500 square kilometers (580 square miles) of ancestral, legally registered land in the Loliondo division of Ngorongoro, northern Tanzania. Today, 70,000 Maasai pastoralists are once again at risk of eviction after the government disclosed … Continue reading Tanzania, siding with UAE firm, plans to evict Maasai from ancestral lands