The Hard Facts of Loliondo Conflict

As I already mentioned in previous blog postings, foreign countries are investigating human rights violations to the Maasai in the Loliondo region. An online site was created called "Loliondo is Burning" by The Intercontinental Cry Organization.

In Loliondo:

Over 200 Bomas were burned to the ground

Fields of crop were burned

Women were raped and beaten

3,ooo Maasai were left homeless and with out food

Over 24 Maasai have been imprisoned

The explanation was "it was necessary to conserve the area from environmental degradation", so the police disregarded the Maasai's legal right to live in the area.