WHAT started as an arrest of Albert Ojwang (pictured above) on one afternoon, Saturday 7th of June 2025, at his home town, in Homa Bay county, western Kenya, ended...
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KURA yako ina nguvu. Ina thamani. Usipoitumia, basi nguvu yake na thamani yake vinakufa ukingali hai. Njia pekee ya kulinda kura yako, na kwa “wivu mkubwa,” ni kuitumia kufanya...
CHAMA cha Ukombozi wa Umma (CHAUMMA) kimesema Tanzania inapoteza kiasi cha shilingi trilioni 4 kila mwaka katika madini kwasababu ya kukithiri kwa rushwa, ukwepaji kodi, magen̈do na uhamishaji haramu...
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,...
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...
KATIKA soko maarufu la Kariakoo jijini Dar es Salaam, hali ya sintofahamu imegubika biashara huku wafanyabiashara wazawa wakilalama kuzidiwa na wageni, hususan Wachina, wanaodaiwa kutawala kila hatua ya mnyororo...
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...