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Ukraine, the Land of Quid Pro Quos

Common Dreams

November 13, 2019

If we are to take the matter of quid pro quos seriously, we should take the measure of over US$20 billion of aid forcing Ukraine to privatize its land and its economy for the profit of a few Western interests.

State projects leave tens of thousands of lives in the balance in Ethiopia – study

The Guardian

June 13, 2019

A giant dam and irrigated sugar plantations are "wreaking havoc" in southern Ethiopia and threaten to wipe out tens of thousands of indigenous peoples, a US-based thinktank has claimed.

Dam in Ethiopia has wiped out indigenous livelihoods, report finds

Mongabay

June 11, 2019

A dam in southern Ethiopia built to supply electricity to cities and control the flow of water for irrigating industrial agriculture has led to the displacement and loss of livelihoods of indigenous groups, the Oakland Institute has found.

The World Bank is driving a failed strategy in the DRC

The Africa Report

April 23, 2019

In the DRC, the Bukanga Lonzo Debacle shows that agro-industrial parks are a false solution to the challenges faced by the DRC and Africa when it comes to food, agriculture, and poverty alleviation.

Ecotourism is Being Used to Displace One of East Africa's Long-standing Indigenous People

Quartz

Government officials and foreign companies in Tanzania are using ecotourism and conservation laws to displace indigenous Maasai people, evicting them and denying them access to watering holes and vital grazing for their livestock.
Thousands of Tanzania's Maasai Evicted from their Land 'for Tourism'

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kampala, Uganda: Tens of thousands of Tanzania's ethnic Maasai people are homeless after the government burnt their houses to keep the savannah open for tourism benefiting two foreign safari companies, a US-based policy think-tank claims.
Maasai Herders Lose Land to Tourism in Tanzania, Says New Report

Yale Environment 360

Maasai herding communities are being pushed off their ancestral land by the Tanzanian government and safari companies in favor of more lucrative tourism and hunting, according to a new report by the Oakland Institute, a California-based think tank...
Tanzania’s Maasai Losing Ground to Tourism in the Name of Conservation, Investigation Finds

Mongabay

The government of Tanzania is casting aside Maasai communities to make way for lucrative high-end safari tourism and hunting, says the Oakland Institute, a policy think tank, in a report published May 10.
Exclusive Safari Tours 'force Tens Of Thousands Of Masai From Land'

The Times

Tens of thousands of Masai herders have been evicted and burnt out of their ancestral land in Tanzania to make way for exclusive safari tours, according to the findings of an investigation into environmental tensions in the region.
Tanzania Accused of Abuses Against Maasai

BBC

Sammy Awami

A new report accuses the Tanzanian government and some foreign safari companies of a series of human rights abuses against the indigenous Maasai people.
The report, released today by independent policy think tank, the Oakland Institute, details cases of arrests, evictions and beatings of Maasai people.
The Maasai...