When Daily News recently reported that the European Union (EU) had “unlocked” about TSh461 billion for Tanzania, some activists who contacted SK Media doubted it. Others believed it but...
Author: Ansbert Ngurumo
From a young president with deep Tanzanian roots to the leader of a coalition involving armed rebels, Joseph Kabila’s political journey raises difficult questions about the fragility of African...
As I watched Lionel Messi play his final match for Argentina last night, my thoughts kept travelling backwards – to Diego Maradona. Perhaps I was watching one era ending...
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FREEMAN MBOWE: THE MAN, THE BUSINESSMAN AND THE POLITICS THAT NO LONGER UNDERSTANDS HIM
For about two years, Freeman Aikaeli Mbowe has been subjected to an extraordinary campaign of character assassination from some members, leaders, supporters and sympathisers of the very party he...
For one afternoon, it must have felt as though the old newsroom had assembled again. There were no deadlines. No raw copy waiting impatiently for surgery. No reporter trembling...
If I were forced to choose the two greatest footballers of our time, my choices would be Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. If reduced to one, I would choose...
I understand that many people know me for what I have done in journalism, sacred music composition, political analysis, human rights and humanitarian work. But perhaps only those closest...
I have known Tundu Lissu personally since 2002, when he was still a relatively young lawyer confronting the government of President Benjamin Mkapa. Long before he became a presidential...
Among my people, the Haya of north-western Tanzania, in the Kagera region, there is an old saying: “A herd without calves has no future.” It is a simple truth...
Today, September 13, 2026, I voted in Sweden’s general election. It was remarkably ordinary. I walked into a polling station, identified myself, made my choices and voted. Nobody wanted...