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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Caroline Kimeu in Nairobi

Tanzania charges 20 Maasai with murder after police officer dies during protests

Maasai and government troops in Loliondo
Maasai and government troops in Loliondo, where protests over eviction from their land turned violent earlier this month. Photograph: Handout

Twenty Maasai pastoralists from northern Tanzania have been charged with the murder of a police officer during protests over government plans to use their ancestral land for conservation and a luxury hunting reserve.

The officer was allegedly shot by an arrow on 10 June while attempting to demarcate land in Loliondo, which borders Serengeti national park.

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