I regard myself lucky to have so far lived through the leadership of six popes: Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis, and now Leo...
Author: Ansbert Ngurumo
WHEN President Samia Suluhu Hassan stood before a crowd of journalists at the Super Dome in Dar es Salaam on May 5, 2025, her message was loud and clear....
IN the bustling maze of Kariakoo, where Dar es Salaam pulses with commerce, livelihoods are negotiated daily—not just in Tanzanian shillings, but in sweat, hustle, and increasingly, in the...
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CHINA’S QUIET TAKEOVER OF TANZANIA’S COMERCIAL HEART SIGNALS SYSTEMIC BETRAYAL AGAINS LOCAL TRADERS
WHEN a Tanzanian parliamentary committee recently exposed the extent of foreign dominance in Kariakoo, the country’s busiest commercial market, one statistic was particularly jarring: only 9.2% of the 9,380...
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PRESIDENTIAL JOKES: TRUMP WISHES TO LEAD THE VATICAN, AS MAGUFULI HAD WISHED TO LEAD ANGELS
IN 2016 when then Tanzanian President John Magufuli told supporters at a public ally that, upon his death, he hoped to lead angels in heaven, many took it as...
AS Tanzania approaches its pivotal October 2025 general election, the country finds itself retreating from a rare but significant moment of political détente. That moment was shaped by the...
NIMESIKIA mara nyingi baadhi ya wachambuzi wakitoa hoja kuwa Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan anahujumiwa makusudi na watu walio karibu naye au wanaonufaika na zogo la kisiasa nchini. Kwa haraka,...
KIONGOZI wa Kanisa Katoliki duniani PAPA Francis ameaga dunia leo katika Jumatatu ya Pasaka akiwa na umri wa miaka 88. Kwa mujibu wa Vatican, Papa amefariki asubuhi ya saa...
TUNDU Lissu, the leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party CHADEMA, has sent shockwaves through the country’s political landscape by expressing his readiness for dialogue with the ruling CCM party...