Maasai in Tanzania move to new homes amid eviction efforts

Victims of Ngorongoro Conservancy eviction from Tanzania camp at Olposimoru area of Narok Kenya as refugees seeking shelter, food and Medication on June 15, 2022. [Godfrey Oundoh, Standard]

Tanzanian authorities say violent clashes on June 10 between police and ethnic Maasai people they were trying to evict from a conservation area left one officer dead and scores of Maasai shot and wounded.

While rights groups have condemned Tanzanian authorities for what they call unlawful evictions, some Maasai families say they had no choice but to move from their ancestral home to a reservation 600 kilometres away.