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...
Author: Ansbert Ngurumo
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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...
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MAGUFULI’S DEATH AND THE BATTLE FOR TRUTH: WHY POLEPOLE’S NARRATIVE DOESN’T HOLD
WHEN Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli disappeared from public view in late February 2021, the silence was deafening. For a man who thrived on public appearances and political theatrics,...
WHEN Tanzania’s main opposition party leader Tundu Lissu sat down for a live interview on ITV’s Dakika 45 on 17th February 2025, he dramatically declared that his party would...
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FAREWELL TO ADVOCATE JOSEPHAT RWEYEMAMU: A GUIDING HAND AND SOURCE OF STRENGTH WHO SHAPED MY JOURNEY
WITH deep sorrow and profound gratitude for a life well-lived, I am grieving the passing of Advocate Josephat Sebastian Rweyemamu, one of Tanzania’s most distinguished lawyers of his generation,...
WHEN I recently asked the Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for investments and planning, Prof. Kitila Mkumbo, about the people’s reservations and the government measures against...
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REGIONAL DEMOCRACY IN PERIL AS KENYA’S KARUA AND COLLEAGUES FACE DEPORTATION FROM TANZANIA
KENYAN opposition leader and senior counsel Martha Karua, along with fellow lawyers, Lynn Ngugi, and Gloria Kimani, were detained at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,...