View from the Termite Mound

A blog about threats against Maasai land in Loliondo - Thomson Safaris, that claim 51 km2 of grazing land as their private nature refuge, OBC, that keep lobbying the Tanzanian government to grab 1,500 km2 from the Maasai (a crime brutally and lawlessly committed in 2022) - and ruthless hypocrisy, lies, intimidation, and violence. Increasingly also about Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Much Silence from Loliondo and then Extreme Defamation in the Jamhuri

Brief and Delayed News about more Vicious Incitement and Charity as a Weapon

A personal view on the book Selling the Serengeti by Ben Gardner

Karkamoru is Threatened Again

OBC - Hunters from Dubai and the Threat against 1,500 km2 of Maasai Land in Loliondo

My article about Thomson Safaris in Third World Resurgence magazine

Politics and Injustice in Loliondo

Grabbers of Pastoralist Land Join Forces and Loliondo is Misused in the Election Campaign

Some Kind of Loliondo Update and Delayed News About Abuse in NCA

Brief Report about How I Was Arrested in Loliondo

Some Good News and a Lot More Abuse and Insanity from Loliondo

Excellent Article about Thomson Safaris in Vice Magazine

Betrayal and Abuse Continue in Loliondo

The Aggressively Litigious Thomson Safaris with their Dollars Manage to Silence a Very Important Website

Bomas Razed by Serengeti National Park Rangers and Loliondo Administrative Police

Very Delayed Updates about Dangerous Divisions and Insane Incitement and in the Fight against Loliondo Land Threats

Reply to the Ministry for Natural Resources and Tourism's press release about Loliondo

The Nyalandu-Style Loliondo Land Grab Attempt Almost Becomes World News

More About the New Corridor Grab Attempt and About Thomson Safaris’ too Old Land Grab in Loliondo

Extremely Worrying New Attempt by the Government to Grab 1,500 km2 of Maasai Land – and Other Updates about Land Threats in Loliondo

My Reply to Lies About Loliondo in UNWTO Handbook

A Model for Community-Based tourism Through Violence and Dispossession – More About Thomson Safaris’ “Enashiva” in Loliondo

Herder Shot Because of the “Philanthropic” Thomson Safaris – and Other Loliondo Land Threat News

Another Delayed Update About the Land Grabbers of Loliondo – or who is a Kenyan?

Tanapa Rangers Commit Arson in Arash – and Other News about Loliondo Land Threats*

More About the Land Grabbing “Investors” of Loliondo (and NCA)

Thomson Safaris Sue the Website Stop Thomson Safaris

Good News, Strange News, Worrying Developments, Idiotic Comments and Inexplicable Silences about Loliondo Land Threats

Brief Summary of the – Hopefully Now Forever Stopped – Plan of Grabbing 1,500km2 from the Maasai of Loliondo

Another Loliondo Visit - A Kind of Safari Report

Loliondo Land Threats - Latest Developments

Delayed Updates about the Attackers on Land Rights in Loliondo – Thomson Safaris, OBC and, the Government of Tanzania

The “Other” Part of Ngorongoro District – A Few Reports that I got from Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Guestblogging at East African Notes and Records

The Tanzanian Government Insists on Grabbing Maasai Land in Loliondo

The Beacons from Hell

Article about Loliondo land threats on Just Conservation’s website

The Negotiations – Another Update on Thomson Safaris’ Land Grab in Loliondo

Revisiting Loliondo – a Safari Report

The Corridor - and the Story of OBC in Loliondo