Tanzania has renewed efforts to evict thousands of indigenous people from their ancestral land in the north of the country. It’s a move that the government claims will help bolster the country’s tourism industry through big game hunting.
The land in question is in Loliondo and is home to 70,000 Masaai people, a semi-nomadic ethnic group. The plan is to move the Maasai into the Ngorgongoro Conservation Area (NCA), a UNESCO designated World Heritage site for its global importance to biodiversity. It’s also home to some 80,000 previously evicted Maasai.
For years, Tanzania has tried to gain control of the land in an attempt to create a trophy hunting corridor for tourism companies like Otterlo Business Company, which is based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE.) The group’s exclusive 25-year deal with Tanzania, which brought in millions of dollars for the country’s military, ended in 2017.
The threat of eviction has grabbed the attention of the global activist organization, Avaaz, whose online petition has garnered more than 3 million signatures, including Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo.
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People are so cold hearted! Don’t understand why we humans can’t live side by side
An imbalance between competition and cooperation caused by a failed system of capitalism. It no longer works at all . A system that appeals to our better angels is possible.
Because some people are selfish and want to hoard resources for themselves .
Here on the edge of this large city, the powers that be decided to build a freeway/road around the perimeter of the city. The Path chosen Destroyed 300 or more houses, privately owned, and seized the land for building. Now 2 years later there is a Large raised road going through this neighborhood, Fast, Loud and Smelly. this has been going on for 222 years here.
Leave The Massai Alone. leave them to the land they are better caretakers than you will ever be
Eventually all the pastoral tribes will be extinct. Go there now if you want to see them
The corruption involved with giving out permits to the family of sheikh Mohammed bin rachid al Maktoum and his cohorts is astounding – none of this should be allowed and more exposure on MSM needs to happen to prevent these Arabs from interfering in the domestic affairs of Tanzania.
100%
that pitful a brother throwing another brother off there owe land
The hunting practises of the OBC or UAE hunting co. are also to be condemned, using machine guns, etc to kill the wildlife. This whole scenario is appalling, and all caused by greed and money.
Greed this elite think they can do whatever they want! Our lands are being destroyed animals near to extinction! Truly man is his own enemy!
What dose it take to change the essence of a man 🤷🤦
Because agenda 21 has been in the pipeline for years. Now they ready to inforce it. Go read it if u can still actually find it.
Thanks,
I stand with the people!
One building cost three time more that Price…..I stand with Masai people’s…for culture for traditional and they land and they great and unique animals….
So how do you feel about forced diversity in white countries?
Sounds like they are not sufficiently represented in government.
Hamjambo ! Mimi Mama Simba 💖 na Nakupenda East Africe ~
I’ ve used to live in Kenja for a Decade ~ So I do know the
Arfrican Culture very well .~
The Arabic Influences in ancient Times Trading Dhougs ~ Slavery ~: Nilot’s
Maasai ~ Kikujus ~ Kalenjins ~ Suaheli Poeople
of the Coast ~ Tansania close to the Border ~
Nogoro Ngoro .~
Kilimanjaro ~ Rift Valley ~
Flying Doctors ~ etc .
And I feel sometimes like
Crying for the whole African Continent ~ because of
Love 🌹
Foreighners want to fill their 🛍 Shopping 🧺 Baskets ~
with the Heritage of Original Africans ~ toooo bad 👎
Making Robbery in undeveloped Aerias ~
Mining ~ betraying ~
giving Glaspearls instead of
Hard Currency ~
DAY TIME ROBBERYS ~
AFRICAN UNITED STATES ~
PLS. WORK ON THAT ~ !!!!
INGINE MOJA – Nakupenda sana ~ Wapensis ~
Salam ~ na Lala Salama ~
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This is what modern colonialism looks like.
Ukraine needs Turkey drones. This could help them reduce the air strike from Russia
You can only fight for your country of origin if you are not white, then they call it occupation and genocide.
Am a Tanzanian and Our current president is a sell out 💯💯.. She is giving the whole land to Chinese and other foreign investors.
Why? The answer is always greed, greed, greed.
This is so heart breaking. Why would you put the killing of wildlife before your people.
White supremacy greed at work, at the root. Typical 🙄
The Tanzanian government claims the Maasai people are harming the land and the wild animals it supports, yet they want to create a corridor for trophy hunting and elite tourism. Hunting is lethal for animals and tourism can be a destructive force on the landscape. The Maasai, on the other hand, care for their land and its animals. Money and lack of economic creativity are an unethical combination. Al Jazeera, thank you and your guests for this much needed conversation.
Why are there still wild animals if the Maasai are ‘destroying’ the land?
Africans preserve your land for you
So how do you feel about Whites preserving their lands and keeping Africans Arabs Jews and Mestizoes out?
Has China suddenly sanctioned Russia?
Boycott the U.A.E.
They are evil:(
I’ll sell you Europe. If anyone gives you trouble… do whatever you want. We made a sale. Im the president. It was mine. Now its yours.
President hassan? We should be neutralizing him and putin and xi and….
The list is long..
Maybe we don’t do those things anymore?…
I bet China is involved somehow and something on that land will be mined when they leave. Let them be. Can we let natives alone ???
Having been there and seen the masai and THEIR land first hand and the way they live the govt needs to leave them alone. Its a way of life they have had for centuries and the world will be a worse place to live when this way of life disappears for the chosen few.
Killing animals more important than your own citizens. Outrageous!
Now its to be your perfect hairstyle looks more imptessive and younger.
Is this any different from what Russia is doing to Ukraine? Government always wanting to bring ‘development’ to indigenous people as if the indigenous people need that ‘development’. Why can’t governments just let people be?
Hii haihusiani na haitafanana na kinachotokea huko. 🇹🇿 ya amani tuish kwa Amani, kila kitu kitakuwa sawa kwa wakati wake, shida hao wanaohojiwa wanshindwa kujibu maswali kwa umakin na weledi.
They can’t do anything to the massi. They represent an iconic part of Africa that been passed down from generations which can’t be replaced.
You can only stop this move by getting signed petitions from TANZANIAN citizens AGAINST this move! Let the hunters hunt THEMSELVES!
Give every native people back there lands imo the freaks have been stuffing everything up since forever.
I stand with the people! Power to the 99%!
They are being removed because there isn’t enough diversity they need more Chinese and Mexican men
People must be at the center.
This attempt by foreign interests to uproot an indigenous people for their own benefit should be unacceptable. Masailand belongs to the Masai people who have lived here forever. Masai culture and people should be protected instead of displaced.
Where is the leader or the government of Tanzania? I bet they’re moving these people to give their to foreign development or to government want the Land for their own use!.SHAME ON THE TANZANIAN LEADERS. LEAVE OUR PEOPLE ALONE!
If president JOHN MAFUFULI was alive this wouldn’t be happening! Shame on this new president, A family recker! Typical of African leaders, money hungry grabbing leaders
Not true. In 2017 there was an illegal mass operation on the land that the hunters from Dubai want turned into a protected area. Repression worsened to the extent that all local activists were silenced by 2018.
All TANZANIAN should be DEMONSTRATING against this move!
Yes I wonder why
Probably because someone wants all the rare color changing masasi blue garnets. Extremely valuable.
Leave the people alone!
Exaggeration doesn’t help much. A shift of 600 kilometers from Loliondo is somewhere near the Tanzania/Mozambique border! Our Learned Colleague got it wrong.
I suggest you check the distance from Ngorongoro to Handeni in Google maps.
Everyone around the world should fight to protect African indigenous people. We all come from them and they are everyone’s people.
Capitalists won’t stop until they “own” every single blade of grass and drop of water on this planet
Mnaulizwa maswali ya mwaka huu mnajibu maswali ya 90’s, hii ni ujinga inayoendelea, toeni maelezo yanayoeleweka bhana, unaulizwa kitu muhimu unalamba midomo, nyie ndo wawakilishi wabaya mnaoipa picha mbaya nchi yetu.
The maasai in both Kenya have lost their land to first the colonists before independence and now to urbanisation and also to national parks the Serengeti in Tanzania and maasai mara. The maasai as a community should file a case with the African court against the Tanzanian goverment. The ongiek of Kenya won a case against the goverment sometime back,this will ensure anyone encroaching on their land with an ulterior motive does not get int funding. Shame on Tanzania, udungu Iko wapi jamani.
There is an ongoing case in the East African Court of Justice about the 1,500 km2 in Loliondo.
Just seen this on Aljazeera from Downunder. It’s very heartbreaking 💔. My best wishes to the Maasai community. I stand with you 💯
Stay & fight. Donnot allow this.
I bet this whole program is Kenya production campaign to make sure Massai are continue to stay and over populates inside the Ngorongoro conservation area to kill the famous tourist spot in the world. And remember the ingenious creatures here is not Masai is elephants,lions,zebras and their families.
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facing eviction! …………. Divorce is not such a tragedy than staying in unhappy marriage
THE EVIL DOERS WILL PAY FOR THIS🙏🏾
That’s Beautiful scenery. Why remove people from their own land who been there hundreds of years 😒
It’s Tony Blair. when that female woman takes over from John. She gives Tony Blair a Job in the Tanzania government. Tony Blair is a war criminal. We as Black Panafricianist need to stop all of this Talking and Start fighting for our rights. This is sad. All over Black Africa the Leadership is selling out its peoples.
Just make reference to desertification in the sahara, many years ago those areas where lushy, but overgrazing and such other practices felling of trees..etc turned it to what it is. so should repeat the same mistake?
The population of maasai has grown enormously, with lots of livestock grazing in open lands and protected areas, having a devastating situation on the environment. put aside those spending money which is also important to fund conservation issues. how much are maasai paying to graze?? the Ngorongoro does not belong to maasai alone but all Tanzanians. The cattle are theirs so what about National interests? everyone likes Maasai ppl Tanzanians all together with Tourist, but Truth must be said All peoples in africa from Nigeria to Tanzania pastoralists have a big problem to adjust to reallity problems they care more about their cattle then anything else. Maasai is just a case study.
Some African gov’s have no problem selling-out their land and people for a dollar.