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Tanzania: When bullets replace ballots

Paul Martial — 2025-11-19T14:18:40Z

The East African country of Tanzania has been going through the most serious political crisis in its history since gaining independence in 1961, following the disputed re-election of Samia Suluhu Hassan as president. There is now talk of thousands of deaths, an estimate corroborated by diplomatic sources.

- IVP610 - November 2025 / Tanzania

Tanzania: Masai evicted from their land on the altar of profit

Paul Martial — 2024-10-06T09:42:31Z

The Tanzanian government's policy, with the complicity of major Western NGOs, is to replace herders with tourists, who bring in more money. Joseph Oleshangay has embarked on a European tour to alert the authorities and NGOs to the situation of the Masai of Tanzania. A lawyer from this community of herders, he is committed, despite threats and pressure, to fighting the mass expulsions of the Masai from their ancestral lands, particularly in the Ngorongoro region.

- IV597 - October 2024 / Ecology and the Environment, Tanzania

Thousands of Maasai driven from their land in Tanzania

Collective — 2022-07-02T03:24:07Z

In northern Tanzania, thousands of Maasai have had to flee their homes following violent interventions by security forces. The objective? Evicting the natives to create a reserve of 1,500 km² on the ancestral lands of the Maasai, for trophy hunting, “conservation” and safaris.

- IV570 - July 2022 / Tanzania