Tanzania: Private businesses complicit in forced evictions of Maasai communities by authorities

By Amnesty International

Since 2009, private businesses have been complicit in forced evictions of Maasai Indigenous communities from their ancestral lands in Loliondo by Tanzanian authorities, Amnesty International said today in a new report. The new report, ‘Business as usual in bloodied land? The role of businesses in forced evictions in Loliondo, Tanzania’, details how Ortello Business Corporation (OBC), […] The post Tanzania: Private businesses complicit in forced evictions of Maasai communities by authorities appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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