1. 3 years ago today a brutal invasion of village land in Loliondo was started in Oloosek, ordered by DC Rashid Mfaume Taka, funded by TANAPA, and implemented by Serengeti rangers, assisted by other rangers (NCA, OBC, anti-poaching), district natural resources, and local police.

2 During a catastrophic drought, like that of 2009 when a similar atrocity was committed, hundreds of bomas were razed to the ground, the victims of arson were beaten, some were arbitrarily arrested and taken to Mugumu. Cattle were illegally seized and even auctioned off.

3 The rangers destroyed the victims’ makeshift shelters, and blocked water sources. They raped several women, and two of them defied strong cultural taboos to come forward to tell their ordeal.

4 The last days before the operation was stopped on 26th October 2017, the rangers started shooting cows in Arash.

5 None of the criminals have been punished, but the case filed by the villages of Ololosokwan, Kirtalo, Oloirien and Arash continues in the East African Court of Justice.

6 The current plan for a repeat atrocity, not only in the Osero in Loliondo, but in most of Ngorongoro district, is described in the proposal by the Multiple Land Use Model review team, and keeps being insisted upon by people in and around the MNRT.