Tanzania’s Maasai protest eviction from conservation area
By DW
07 April 2022 |
10:38 am
A Maasai community living in Tanzania's Ngorongoro conversation area have vowed to resist plans to relocate them. The government says the eviction is necessary to protect wildlife.
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