Tanzania breaks promise – thousands of Maasai evicted at gunpoint to make way for lion hunt

‘Last November Tanzania’s President Kikwete tweeted his promise that the evictions of indigenous Maasai people and their villages near Serengeti National Park would stop. But now another round of evictions is under way: thousands of Maasai have been evicted at gunpoint and their homes burnt to ashes. The Maasai say: ‘We need your help!”

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