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ACT speaks for the Maasai in Ngorongoro
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February 16, 2022February 16, 2022News, Politics, Tanzania

ACT speaks for the Maasai in Ngorongoro

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Tanzania’s opposition party, the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT-Wazalendo), has urged the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism to open talks with the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority and the Maasai pastoralists community living in the park for a fruitful reconciliation over Maasai’s displacement. Since the proposal to vacate the Maasai from the NCAA came...

Opinion: Will evicting the Maasai preserve or destroy Ngorongoro? 
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February 11, 2022February 11, 2022Analysis, Commentary

Opinion: Will evicting the Maasai preserve or destroy Ngorongoro? 

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The eviction of Maasai from their ‘ancestral land’, as referred by many, has sparked an intense debate amongst Tanzanians and decried by many international human rights and environmental organizations.  A big part of this debate is across social media platforms, particularly on Twitter, with others initiating online petitions to denounce the eviction of the indigenous...