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

Tanzania drops murder charges against 24 Maasai leaders

Police in Tanzania confront Masaai protesters.
The Masaai were protesting against eviction from their land to make way for a luxury game reserve when the officer died. Photograph: Handout

Prosecutors in Tanzania have dropped murder charges against 24 Maasai pastoralists who were detained over the death of a police officer earlier this year.

The officer died in June during protests against government plans to evict them from their ancestral land in Loliondo, in Ngorongoro District, to make way for a conservation and a luxury hunting reserve.

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