In May-June 2023, a delegation of Maasai representatives is visiting several European countries, seeking international support to halt the ongoing forced evictions and human rights abuses against the Maasai pastoralists in Loliondo and Ngorongoro in northern Tanzania. See the press release in English, French and German.

In Germany, the Maasai spoke with representatives from the Frankfurt Zoological Society and with German Members of Parliament (MPs). They met with people in the Austrian Parliament and in the European Parliament (see roundtable invitation “Maasai Shall Not Die” from MEP Michele Rivasi, for whom CELEP arranged a visit to pastoralists in Eastern Africa in 2019 – see here).

The demands of the Maasai can be found here.

German MPs as well as Members of the European Parliament and the EU Ambassador in Tanzania are now planning visits to northern Tanzania to investigate the situation of the Maasai further.

CELEP is among the many civil-society organisations in Europe that are supporting this campaign in the planning and implementation.

Information on the lobbying tour can be found on the PINGO’s Forum website: https://pingosforum.or.tz/speakers-tour-maasai-shall-not-die/