Africa News Wrap for February 2023
African Stream did a round-up of February's news from Africa.
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‘West Wants to Change Regimes for Itself’: Africans Strategize In Washington Against Western-Backed Leaders
A regional conference of the National Unity Platform, a political party in Uganda, brought together members of the country’s diaspora from the New York City and Washington metro areas to strategize on how to tackle U.S. meddling that props up leaders. TF editor Julie Varughese reports.
Maasai In Tanzania Face Eviction As Government Makes Room for Trophy Hunting
The Tanzanian government had planned to lease the 1,500 square kilometers of Maasai ancestral land to Otterlo Business Corporation, which a group of Dubai royal families own, according to petitioners. But after evictions in 2009, 2013 and 2017, the Maasai sought legal recourse, reports Charles Wachira.
