Tanzania’s President Takes on Forced Evictions of Maasai Community

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A man herds his cattle to graze and find water in Ngorongoro district, Arusha region, Tanzania, on October 25, 2019. © 2019 Nichole Sobecki / VII / Redux On December 1, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced the establishment of two committees to address land disputes in the country’s northern Ngorongoro district, renowned for its wildlife. The first will investigate complaints made by residents; the second will examine the government’s “voluntary” relocations of residents from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Msomera village in Handeni, Tanga…

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