Published On - March 30, 2023
Open Letter to Vice President of the United States of America Kamala Harris
This is an open letter to Vice President Kamala Harris, urging her to help address two major issues affecting the Maasai people of Tanzania. The first issue is the demarcation of a new protected area in Loliondo, which is permanently taking critical land from the Maasai people to protect foreign tro...
Published On - February 10, 2022
Andiko la Kisera: Haki za Wafugaji Waishio katika Eneo la Ardhi Mseto Ngorongoro
UTANGULIZI Eneo la Ardhi Mseto Ngorongoro, Tanzania, ni ardhi ya urithi wa wenyeji wa Ngorongoro ambao ni wafugaji wa jamii za Maasai na Barabaig pamoja na wawindaji wa asili wa jamii ya Hadza. Serikali kushindwa kulinda na kuheshimu haki za wenyeji inachangia kudorora kwa uchumi, mazingira, bioan...
Published On - July 12, 2020
EACJ adjourned the Loliondo Case Hearing
The East African Court of Justice (hereinafter EACJ), First Instance Division, has on Friday adjourned hearing of the expert witness. The case, Reference No.10 of 2017, came before Honorable Monica K. Mugenyi, Principal Judge and others – and was streamed live on the court’s website. The...
Published On - June 23, 2020
Persistence of Human Rights Violation to Pastoralists; Mkungunero vs Lenina Satulo
The establishment and gazzetiment of land for Protected Areas such as National Parks, Game Reserves, Wildlife Management Areas and Game Control Areas go simultaneously with encroachment of indigenous pastoralists land and expansion of boundaries of protected areas without taking due respect to the r...
Published On - June 15, 2020
Eviction of the Maasai from Ngorongoro hovers on the horizon
The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania is arranging eviction of 73,000 out of 93,000 Maasai residents from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). Thousands more Maasai pastoralists will be evicted from the neighboring Lake Natron and Lolindo Game Controlled Areas. The reasons given to ju...