Tanzania: Proposed Law to Bar Foreigners From Grazing Land

Tanzania's Parliament is mulling a review of the grazing land law blocking livestock from crossing borders to feed, in a move that could see neighbouring pastoral communities pay hefty fines whenever their herds breach the common borderline.

"A person shall not move an animal into mainland Tanzania for the purposes of grazing or accessing water," states one of the clauses in proposed amendments to the Grazing Land and Animal Feed Resources Act.

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