Citing Conservation, Tanzania Pushes Ahead on Evictions of Indigenous Maasai

Tanzania: Commissions Call for Mass Eviction of Indigenous Maasai from World-famous Tourist Destinations - Dissident Voice

President Hassan receives a report from the presidential commissions at an official handover ceremony, March 2026. Two presidential commissions have recommended the mass eviction of Maasai people from some of East Africa’s most iconic conservation areas and tourist destinations. The commissions were established by Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan following previous evictions of Maasai pastoralists from parts of the world-famous Serengeti…

Maasai people booted off ancestral land in name of conservation

Two presidential commissions have recommended the mass eviction of Maasai people from some of East Africa’s most iconic conservation areas and tourist destinations. Advocacy group Survival International says this is an example of colonialist “fortress conservation”. Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan set up the commissions following previous evictions of Maasai pastoralists from parts of the world famous Serengeti ecosystem, and large prot…

Citing Conservation, Tanzania Pushes Ahead on Evictions of Indigenous Maasai

Global Outcry as Suluhu-Backed Commissions Endorse Eviction of Maasai From Ancestral Lands

The Kenya Times ~ Trending, Breaking News and Videos Global Outcry as Suluhu-Backed Commissions Endorse Eviction of Maasai From Ancestral Lands Global concern is intensifying after commissions appointed by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan endorsed the eviction of the Maasai people from ancestral lands, backing the continuation and expansion of removals from key conservation areas despite earlier international criticism. In a press stateme…