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Susanna Nordlund
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Officially undesirable in Tanzania, unofficially elsewhere.

My blog: termitemoundview.blogspot.com. Waiting for Maasai from Loliondo and Ngorongoro to move here (zero so far).
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The terrible IUCN have apparently removed the 2025 Conservation Outlook Assessment (uploaded on 12 October) for Serengeti NP that recommended adding the ongoing crime called "Pololeti Game Reserve" to the World Heritage List. Good news, I hope ... worldheritageoutlook.iucn.org/explore-site...
"Conservation Assessment Outlook coming soon" in place of the CAO that was uploaded on 12 October. Screenshot from the removed CAO, "Adding Maswa, Grumeti, Ikorongo and Pololeti Game Reserves as well as the Maasai Mara National Reserve to the World Heritage List, or giving them the status of buffer zone could further safeguard the Outstanding Universal Values of this property."
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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"Tanzania threatened to block Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in the whole country if Meta refused to block accounts of 3 activists.
Meta banned two of them and restricted the third" (Larry Madowo, CNN)
Meta case study Content alleged to violate Tanzanian law Dec´2025, Tanzania I'm trying to find a version of this text that I can copy and paste.
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Besides everything else, Tundu Lissu is invaluable for his memory. While most Tanzanians have shockingly short memories (even forgetting Magufuli's crimes ...) he remembers Kikwete's brutally anti-pastoralist first term. #Ihefu #MO29
Picture of Lissu and the text: “Tume za Uchunguzi ni dekio la uchafu wa serikali na Jaji Mkuu Mohamed Chande ndiye msafishaji mkuu wa uchafu huo!! Alikuwa Mwenyekiti wa Tume ya Uchunguzi wa Mauaji Bonde la Ihefu mwaka 2006. Matokeo yake? Sifuri!! Alikuwa Mwenyekiti wa Tume ya Uchunguzi wa Vyombo vya Haki Jinai Mwaka 2023. Matokeo yake? Sifuri!! Sasa ni Mwenyekiti wa Tume ya Mauaji Makubwa katika historia ya nchi yetu yote. Tutegemee matokeo gani? Sifuri!! Hakuna Maridhiano bila Ukweli na Uwajibikaji! Hakuna Amani bila Haki” TAL, Ukonga Central Prison 21 November, 2025
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Mwananyamala Hospital, Dar Es Salaam #MO29 #SamiaMustGo #Tanzania
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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An alternative to the lifted Swedish travel advisory for #Tanzania
Maria Sarungi Tsehai @MariaSTsehai ‼️TRAVEL ADVISORY‼️ Dear Travellers to Tanzania Kindly note that October 29 to Nov 01 THOUSANDS of innocent citizens were massacred by @SuluhuSamia and her murderous cabal! More than 75% of the bodies were secretly disposed of and families are mourning! These are dark days! People are hurting and angry! We do not recognize this illegitimate government and after 40 days of mourning on December 9, 2025 the nation is starting an uninterrupted peaceful protest What does that mean? @SuluhuSamia and her cabal shut down the internet last time and will do so again! So expect complete blackout and travel paralysis during this period! There may be again rampant shooting by police and armored vehicles on the streets! Expect the worse with violent crackdown! Kindly visit @mangekimambi timeline to see the atrocities! So my personal advice to y’all kindly stay away until we fix our country - we would not like to see you suffer any inconvenience or God forbid any fatality🙏🏽 As for media - we welcome you to come and provide coverage! Thank you 🇹🇿 "Closed for renovations" on picture of Tanzanian map and flag with equipment for closing roads. And "Sorry we are closed" "We are fixing the nation".
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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One day this ogress will be punished for her nationwide massacre, and all her other crimes.
Blood-dripping portrait of Samia Suluhu Hassan with blood-stained Tanzanian flag in the background.
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Internet is still switched off, but there are very many videos like this from Tanzania now. Samia Suluhu Hassan MUST be held accountable.
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Kenyan press.
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Samia Suluhu Hassan's cruelty was in the open on the 19th day of her presidency. I wrote this in a blog post on 8th April 2021. Then everything just got worse. #Tanzania
On 6th April 2021, in a speech at the swearing in of the newly appointed Permanent Secretaries and heads of public institutions at State House in Dar es Salaam, President Samia started saying that the Maasai of Ngorongoro were too many and that something had to be done, or it was “bye bye Ngorongoro”. She was parroting the genocide proponents of the NCAA and the MNRT, but didn’t do it well enough, so that Ndumbaro – himself a newcomer who recently has learned this incitement - had to stand up to give her the “right” (wrong) numbers. At the same time much (but far from all) of the speech proposed sanity where her predecessor would have proposed insanity, and many Tanzanians on Twitter were very enthusiastic indeed. With some notable exceptions, they seemed fine with excluding the Ngorongoro pastoralists from the nation. Interestingly, President Samia in the same speech said that if there are minerals in protected areas then they should be extracted. I still hope that this speech was a nightmare that I will wake up from. I’m now waiting for protest statements from all local leaders and activists to report about in next blog post.
October 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Today the police came to Isaya Olepose’s home looking for him since they thought he was instigating people not to vote. He wasn’t there, so they said they’d take his mother until he’s found. Then his elderly mother ran away and has not returned. #MO29 #Ngorongoro
Olepose in a sofa with his mother.
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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"From now on I'm staying in prison just because of the 29th! The case is over! The case is OVER!" Tundu Lissu #shamelection #Tanzania
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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After Long Blog Paralysis the Crime in Loliondo is on its Third Year and in NCA One Year After Epic Protests the Movement Needs to be Rekindled #Loliondo #Ngorongoro termitemoundview.blogspot.com/2025/10/afte...
In this blog post: Intro and the sad state of “democracy” Shomo sere, Raila – remembering 2017 The now very old German visit Attempt at forced German-funded village land use plans Loliondo removed from the presidential commissions, and then again included Necessary grazing on land that’s been stolen Most unpleasant blasts from the past In court Briefly about the horrible Germans and the land FZS recruits human rights criminal as country director In the Shadow of the Serengeti film A year after epic protests in Ngorongoro division and what’s the result? -President’s continued threats -NCAA attempts at establishing a no-go zone in Ndutu -UNESCO -Leading to the protests -Almost no fulfilment of promises Carbon credits NOT in Ngorongoro -Game reserve threat -Best of “community-based” -Blue Carbon from Dubai disappeared? Yannick Ndoinyo with the blood-soaked, anti-pastoralist president
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Biggest opposition party prohibited from competing and second biggest opposition party's candidate is disqualified. #TanzaniaElections
Cartoon by Gado with Samia Suluhu Hassan as referee with starting pistol and five more Samia Suluhu Hassans ready to run with "dictatorship", "corruption", "incompetence", "cronyism", and "abductions" written on them.
October 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Shomo sere, Raila Odinga #Loliondo

This post is of no interest on this godforsaken, un-Tanzanian app.
Picture of Facebook post: Today 15th October 2025, Raila Odinga, one of Kenya’s most influential political figures passed away. Raila was a personal friend of the late President Magufuli, Samia’s terrible predecessor whom she now has surpassed by far in terror, blood shedding, and particularly in being a threat against Maasai land. In early October 2017, Raila expressed his concern to Magufuli about the then ongoing mass arson, cattle seizing, beating and raping operation in Loliondo and a few days later the then Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Jumanne Maghembe, was removed. After two weeks of confusion, the new minister Kigwangalla stopped the operation and made some splendid promises about the removal of OBC that he then had to backtrack on. The land threat soon returned and in 2022 the 1,500 km2 was brutally and illegally alienated for a “game reserve”. It was Thomas Lekanayia from Loitoktok in Kajiado, Kenya who first contacted his party leader after reacting to social media cries by this blogger. A delegation from Ololosokwan, led by the then councillor Yannick Ndoinyo and escorted by senator for Narok County Ledama Olekina went to see Raila. This is some contrast to new MP (calling him candidate is to falsely pretend that there are elections) Yannick’s current praise for the worst enemy ever of the Maasai of Ngorongoro and silence about the land. Though I expect him to have a plan for returning this grazing land to the villages. Anything else is inconceivable. Thank you, Raila. Have a peaceful journey wherever you’re going. Picture of the delegation from Ololosokwan at Raila's office.
October 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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How could little useless me deserve such an honour? I'm blushing.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Shomo sere. Thanks for raising your concerns about Loliondo with Magufuli, during the illegal mass arson operation in 2017.
Raila Amolo Odinga 1945 - 2025 Picture of Raila raising his fist, wearing a straw hat.
October 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Again blocked by someone I've never interacted with.
Blocked by Andrew Small.
October 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Post on X by Mohammad Shehada. "Israel kept calling him an "innocent civilian hostage" who worked for Nvidia. Now it turns out Avinatan Or was an IDF Sayeret Matkal (elite) soldier! Without lies, Israel dies!" Pictures of this "hostage". Post on X by Mohammad Shehada. "Israel had been holding hostage 71-year-old diabetic Gazan grandma, Siham Abu Salem, for 2 years She was kidnapped from her hospital bed when the IDF raided Nasser hospital in Jan 2024 She was held without trial or charges as a bargaining chip & was released today Her 2 sons were murdered by Israel" Picture of this "prisoner".
October 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Yesterday, Edward Neremit’s house at Madukani sub-village Endulen village was destroyed. NCA Endulen zonal office removed all iron sheets and destroyed timber by using a chainsaw. Edward was summoned at Endulen police and intimidated about sharing photos and videos. #Ngorongoro
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Cute wolverine standing on its hindlegs.
September 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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International Democracy Day in Tanzania. The police beat up and arrest a peaceful crowd, including Advocate Deogratius Mahinyila, outside the High Court where opposition leader Tundu Lissu faces treason charges little more than a month before the elections.
September 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Nu kan du nog se den.
September 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Månen
Röd nästan helt förmörkad måne.
September 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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8 years ago today Tundu Lissu was shot, 32 bullets sprayed at his vehicle, 16 bullets struck him.
150 days ago Tundu Lissu was locked up on sham "treason" accusations and continue locked up while hearings in a bogus trial keep being postponed.
Free Tundu Lissu! Stop Samia Suluhu Hassan!
Portrait of Tundu Lissu with the portrait of a lion in the background.
September 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Fanta nosar efter svamp och gris i Svinskogen.
Världens sötaste shih tzu står på ett nedfallet träd i skogen bland gran, blåbärsris och mossa.
August 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM