Is the government planning to move everyone out of the NCA? What will happen when most people refuse to move? What will determine who moves out and who stays?
In our briefing today: Under pressure over the rising cost of living, minister warns ‘dishonest’ businesspeople; High Court frees former Hai DC Sabaya. But remains in custody pending another case; Police in Ngorongoro summon Maasai leaders speaking against ‘eviction’ threat; Now Tanzania charges activist Peter Madeleka with ‘publication of false statement’; Over 1,000 people died in road accidents in Tanzania in nine months.
It is not clear why the police are interested in the leaders but the news comes at a time when there is a tug-of-war between Maasai people and authorities over Ngorongoro.
In our briefing today: Tanzanian scholar scoops prestigious environmental award; Envoy: Diplomacy is the best way to end Russia/Ukraine crisis; RAHA Liquid Telecom rebrands into Liquid Intelligent Technologies; Artisanal miners in Tanga threaten protected Amani Nature Reserve.
Dr Elifuraha Laltaika, who serves as the director of research and consultancy at the Tumaini University Makumira of Arusha, becomes the eighth person to win the Svitlana Kravchenko Environmental Rights Award since its launching and the only African scholar to have ever been nominated for it.
Ujinga wa kutofahamu mienendo na hekima za wafugaji wa asili ndio chanzo kikuu cha mivutano na sera zinazoambatana na ubaguzi, vitu vinavyoshuhudiwa kwa sasa katika jamii za wafugaji Tanzania, ikiwemo Ngorongoro.
The late Head of State prioritised industrialisation even at the expense of the environment.
No one is telling Zanzibaris to leave the Stone Town of Zanzibar to ensure the preservation of the archipelago’s heritage nor have Egyptians forced to leave their ancestral land for the sake of preserving the pyramids. How come then that only the people of Ngorongoro are told to leave their ancestral land if the area is to be preserved?
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