On the night of 10 October 2026, I was not in Bangkok, Thailand, where history was being made. I was thousands of kilometres away, at The Super Dome in...
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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...
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...
Matukio ya kujiuzulu na kufukuzwa kwa Dk Emmanuel Nchimbi yameacha gumzo kubwa kitaifa, na yameongeza sura katika kitabu cha uongozi wa nchi, hasa wanapojadiliwa makamu wa rais wa Jamhuri...
I arrived in Sweden in January 2018. Since then, I have witnessed three election campaigns, including the one now heading towards 13 September 2026. What strikes me is not...
Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi has resigned as Vice-President of Tanzania. That was the story on August 25. A day later, the story became much bigger. The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi...
Tanzania’s High Court has ruled that opposition leader Tundu Lissu has a case to answer on a charge of treason, moving one of the country’s most consequential political trials...