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Tanzania evicting 40,000 people from homeland to make room for Dubai royal family
It will become a private hunting reserveJoanna Rothkopf Nov. 17, 2014
40,000 Masai people will be evicted from their homeland in Tanzania, because the Dubai royal family has bought it with the intention of using it as a reserve to hunt big game. Last year, the Tanzanian government had resisted the purchase, proposing instead a wildlife corridor dedicated to hunting near the Serengeti national park. However, the deal will still reportedly go through, and the Masai will have to leave by the end of the year.
The deal was brokered by the Ortelo Business Corporation (OBC), a luxury safari company with a number of elite clients.
The Guardians Africa correspondent David Smith has the story:
Masai representatives will meet the prime minister, Mizengo Pinda, in Dodoma on Tuesday to express their anger. They insist the sale of the land would rob them of their heritage and directly or indirectly affect the livelihoods of 80,000 people. The area is crucial for grazing livestock on which the nomadic Masai depend.
Unlike last year, the government is offering compensation of 1 billion shillings (£369,350), not to be paid directly but to be channelled into socio-economic development projects. The Masai have dismissed the offer.
http://www.salon.com/2014/11/17/tanzania_will_sell_masai_homeland_to_dubai_royal_family/
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Tanzania evicting 40,000 people from homeland to make room for Dubai royal family (Original Post)
Jefferson23
Nov 2014
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Their government, yes..claims they resisted. In the end, money and corruption seems to have won.
Jefferson23
Nov 2014
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antiquie
(4,299 posts)1. Sad and sick ~ nt
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)2. Holy crap!
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)3. Dubai is the buyer,, Ortelo is the broker, who is the seller?
the Tanzanian government? The 1%ers strike again, there'll be nothing left for the rest of us soon.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)4. Their government, yes..claims they resisted. In the end, money and corruption seems to have won.
Tragic, really and the depth of depravity is beyond words.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)5. Sick and disgusted
Force people from their land so you can shoot elephant and rhino? You're one privileged, twisted fuck.
dhill926
(16,337 posts)6. this is absolutely vile….
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)7. It's like building Central Park all over again
Same thing. African American communities displaced to make a playground for the rich.