They want Tanzania to halt plans for the relocation of the people living in Loliondo and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and begin consultations with the Maasai Indigenous Peoples.
In our briefing today: Government orders border scrutiny and investigation of NGOs in Loliondo; Amnesty International wants Tanzania to halt ‘brutal security operation’ in Loliondo; Tanzania charges two Chinese nationals with economic sabotage; Tanzania’s population to reach 61.3 million, NBS says; Tanzania, Oman ink deal on oil, gas.
In our briefing today: Tanzania introduces digital tax, reduced mobile money levy by 43pc; Authorities in Zanzibar investigate alleged abduction, torture of Mwinyi’s critic; ACHPR ‘gravely concerned’ about the fate of indigenous people in Ngorongoro; Oman Airports to develop Kilimanjaro airport; Wentworth Resources to acquire 25pc working interest in Tanzanian gas development project.
It wants Tanzania to halt the ongoing forcible eviction of the affected Maasai community in the Loliondo division of Ngorongoro district.
On June 10, 2022, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa took pains to debunk a video clip and images that had gone viral on social media depicting
In our briefing today: Samia in Oman for a three-day official visit; Optimism runs high as over $30 billion LNG deal finally signed; LHRC calls out govt’s ‘violations of human rights’ in Ngorongoro; Zanzibar vows to end child labour as it marks World Day against Child Labour.
It follows heightened tension in Loliondo where police reportedly used live bullets to disperse community members who were protesting eviction
Samia would benefit more by embracing people who oppose her plans to evict the Maasai people from Ngorongoro. Instead of isolating them, she needs to keep them closer and learn why they take such a position on the issue.
Amidst the beacon erection exercise in Loliondo, Ngorongoro, Minister for Tourism and Natural Resources Pindi Chana said Thursday that the exercise to ‘relocate’ the native people of Ngorongoro to the Msomera village in the Handeni district in Tanga will commence “anytime from now.”
In our briefing today: IMF, Tanzania finalise deal on a $1.071 billion loan; Ngorongoro residents will ‘at anytime from now’ relocate to Handeni, says minister.
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