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...
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...
YAHUSU BANDARI, UWEKEZAJI NA HATIMA YA UCHUMI WETU. Mh Rais, Amani iwe Nawe! Ni imani yangu kuwa barua hii inakukuta ukiwa mwenye afya njema, ukiendelea na majukumu ya kulitumikia...
In the breadth and depth of economics teaching, his approach was a complex coordination, reflecting truth, beauty, hope, and compassion. This was felt by all his students in and...
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FROM AGA KHAN TO ROSTAM AZIZ: A NEW ERA FOR EAST AFRICA’S MEDIA POWER
On a quiet afternoon in Nairobi today March 11, 2026, in a room filled with journalists, investors and leaders of the communications sector, Tanzanian businessman Rostam Aziz spoke to...
My first journey to Poland this weekend was meant to be a simple visit to dear friends. Instead, it became a profound Lenten pilgrimage – a reunion filled with...
Edwin Mtei, the first Governor of the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) and founder of CHADEMA, has passed away, aged 94. Yet he leaves behind a simple, enduring lesson for...