The Tanzania government is considering seizing a tract of land in Loliondo Game Controlled Area from a United Arab Emirates royal hunting company, and transferring it to landless communities in the northern tourist circuit.
The move to take over the 4,000 sq km, natural resources rich Loliondo hunting block in Arusha from Ortello Business Corporation (OBC), is intended to address what has been described as a historical injustice that left the local Maasai landless, resulting in a 20-year conflict between them and the hunting firm.
