Dodoma did not become Tanzania’s capital in a day. Its current stage took 53 years, six presidents, billions of shillings, countless political decisions and a national ambition that survived...
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Accountability must begin with those who created the crisis As Tanzania reflects on the tragic events surrounding the October 2025 general elections, we must resist the temptation to reduce...
The reported abduction of Tanzanian activist Twaha Mwaipaya in Kenya on Sunday is another frightening reminder of how dangerously our politics have deteriorated. As I write, his whereabouts remain...
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WILL NDEJEMBI ANSWER CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS SURROUNDING HIS BACKGROUND?
I have followed with considerable interest the controversies surrounding Tanzania’s Vice-President, Deogratias Ndejembi. Tanzanian and Kenyan media reports, alongside political commentaries, have raised uncomfortable questions about his background, connections...
Tanzania has long enjoyed a reputation as one of Africa’s most peaceful and politically stable nations. In a region repeatedly shaken by civil wars, political upheavals, violent extremism and...
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...
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...