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Vote rigging and murder in Ngorongoro

On Election Day, in Ngorongoro ward of Ngorongoro district, police and Ngorongoro Conservation Area rangers opened fire shooting innocent, unarmed voters who were standing up for democracy, trying to...

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Last Reports of the Year about Injustice and Land Threats in Loliondo and...

When few hours, minutes in Tanzania, remain of this year 2020, the only thing I can say is, at least Ref No. 10 of 2017, Ololosokwan Village Council & 3 Others (Kirtalo, Oloirien and Arash) vs the...

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Ngorongoro councillors and customary leaders send a message once again to...

On 21st January 2021 in Arusha, a delegation representing ward councillors and customary leaders from Ngorongoro District (specifically from Ngorongoro division/Ngorongoro Conservation Area), on behalf...

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Press Conference by Ngorongoro Youths in Dar es Salaam

In this blog post:Press conferenceThe threat of the MLUM review proposal After the press conference in Arusha on 21st January, held by ward councillors and customary leaders from Ngorongoro...

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A Reminder about Loliondo

Maasai in Loliondo have for years been at risk of losing 1,500 km2 of important grazing land, suffered all kinds of abuse, including illegal mass arson operations, and a local police state. I’ve tried...

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After the President’s Speech Mentioning Ngorongoro Strange Eviction Notices...

 After the terror - that since 2016 (worsened in 2018) had made the defenders of land and pastoralists almost useless - finally seemed to have started to subside, there have been some setbacks caused...

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While Ndumbaro and the MNRT Lull Ngorongoro Leaders to Sleep, Manongi...

 There have been some developments since the latest blog post. Sadly, the silence in Loliondo continues and the only thing anyone will say is that OBC are busy repairing roads, and back in business,...

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A Brief Reminder of Rashid Mfaume Taka's Crimes, a Statement by Ngorongoro...

 Ngorongoro has a new DC after the human rights criminal and perjurer Rashid Mfaume Taka has been retired. I must remind of the crimes committed by the old DC, but know very little about the new one....

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Guest blogger Tubulu Nebasi: The Failure of the Manongi Regime of the...

 By Tubulu Lerug Sokoine Nebasi (Diwani Nje ya Halmashauri/Councillor outside the District Council). (Tubulu is the first guest blogger here at View from the Termite Mound, but any serious voice for...

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Ndumbaro Makes a Criminally Clueless and Dangerous Statement Urging Hunting...

 Poleni sana wanangoile … On 5th August, the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Damas Ndumbaro, made a most inflammatory statement totally ignoring rule of law, human rights, land rights and...

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Two Press Statements in One Day by Village Chairs from Loliondo/Sale and NCA...

 On Friday 27thAugust 2021, two statements about land threats in Ngorongoro district were issued by village chairpersons – and then there was a long and frustrating time of waiting before anything was...

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Protests Against Violence in Endulen, the New DED Added to the Loliondo...

 Rest in peace dad, Alf Nordlund.And, rest in peace MP and deputy minister, Willliam Olenasha. I’m unfocused and am again posting far, far too late about important issues. I was writing about the new...

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There was a Press Conference by Ngorongoro Representatives to Respond to the...

 The press conference protesting the behaviour of the imposter Lekisongo is old news, maybe a diversion, and I haven’t been able to get much of a background on this individual, or much information what...

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A Reminder, Recent Activities, and New Fears about Loliondo and NCA

 This brief blog post was supposed to be published before the end of 2021, but I’ve lacked focus, had some computer problems, and most importantly - waited in vain for more detailed information about...

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The Arusha RC Sends a Message that the Government Must Grab Land in Loliondo...

 The Tanzanian government is again preparing to grab grazing land in Loliondo for the benefit of the “investor” and this time it’s the Arusha Regional Commissioner who’s been sent as the messenger....

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Loliondo and Ngorongoro Attacked from Every Angle, and People Have Spoken Up

 The Tanzanian government must stop threatening and abusing the Maasai of Ngorongoro District, whether it’s for the old “Loliondogate” issue in Loliondo and Sale Division and the hunters’ wish for a...

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Leaked Short-Term Eviction Plan for Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Vicious...

 It’s time to write about the leaked short-term plan for “voluntary” relocation from Ngorongoro Conservation Area. As known, the medium-term plan is for a cultural genocide, turning most of NCA and...

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Anti-Maasai Genocidal Frenzy in the Tanzanian Parliament when Discussing...

 Genocidal anti-Maasai frenzy has been exhibited in parliament, almost without pushback. The plan is now to review the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Act, and to receive more lecturing from the biggest...

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PM Majaliwa in Loliondo – Comparison with Earlier Intervention that had...

  Tomorrow PM Majaliwa is supposed to visit Ngorongoro Conservation Area, so this blog post about his visit to Loliondo must be published now tonight, even if I'd liked to work more on it. I just don’t...

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After Loliondo, PM Majaliwa Visits Ngorongoro Conservation Area and There he...

 Just when I had scrambled through a night to finish a blog post about Loliondo before Majaliwa’s visit to Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), to manage to treat the Loliondo and NCA issues separately,...

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