AS Tanzania grapples with deep political unrest following the protest emanating from the disputed October 2025 elections, Bishop Benson Bagonza of the Evangelical Lutheran Church has once again offered...
Author: Ansbert Ngurumo
AS Tanzania descends into its most turbulent moment in decades, following the October 2025 general elections, Bishop Benson Bagonza – a respected cleric and moral voice – has issued...
AS the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change approaches this November in Belém, Brazil, Tanzania finds itself at the forefront of...
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SAMIA AND MWALIM: FROM RUNNING MATES TO CANDIDATES, AND TANZANIA AT A POLITICAL CROSSROADS
IN a rare twist of history, and for the first time ever, Tanzania’s 2025 general election features two major presidential flag bearers who were once running mates, both hailing...
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RAILA ODINGA: AN ENIGMA WHO DEFINED KENYAN POLITICS AND LEFT LESSONS FOR EAST AFRICA’S OPPOSITION
WHEN Kenya was engulfed in President Daniel arap Moi’s dictatorship, the country needed Raila Odinga to counter it with his blood and life. When the Kenya African National Union...
EVERY general election season in Tanzania since 1995, has brought with it the question of constitutional reform and its urgency. The first main opposition party after the return to...
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TANZANIA’S ELECTION: BATTLE LINES BETWEEN ‘RAIS WA MASELA’ AND ‘MAMA SAMIA’
Salum Mwalimu’s streetwise pitch to the youth clashes with President Samia Suluhu’s promise of stability and megaprojects. Three weeks into the campaign, Tanzanians face a sharp choice between continuity...
On September 15, 2025, Tanzanian marathoner Alphonce Felix Simbu achieved a historic victory at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. In a thrilling photo finish, Simbu edged out...
WHEN I first set foot in Japan 25 years ago, on an invitation extended through my then employer, Habari Corporation, I did not expect to find Tanzania’s name so...
MWANDISHI mkongwe, Ndimara Tegambwage, amezua mjadala mzito mitandaoni kupitia makala yake fupi: “Tabasamu la Waandishi wa Habari: Ni la Moyo au Shuruti?” akichambua tabasamu linaloonekana usoni mwa waandishi wa...