Network Front | The Guardian: Tanzania accused of backtracking over sale of Maasais ancestral land

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Tanzania accused of backtracking over sale of Maasais ancestral land Nov 16th 2014, 18:48, by David Smith, Africa correspondent Maasai told to leave historic homeland by end of the year so it can become a hunting reserve for the Dubai royal family Tanzania has been accused of reneging on its promise to 40,000 Maasai pastoralists by going ahead with plans to evict them and turn their ancestral land into a reserve for the royal family of Dubai to hunt big game. Activists celebrated last year when the government said it had backed down over a proposed 1,500 sq km wildlife corridor bordering the Serengeti national park that would serve a commercial hunting and safari company based in the United Arab Emirates. Continue reading...

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