DJ Bwakali
The Life and Death of Retired Officer Joseph Mwakabana
Retired police officer Joseph Igumba Mwakabana spent decades serving Tanzania. He protected the public. He upheld the law. Neighbours trusted him because he was...
Tanzania Stood With Africa. Now Africa Must Stand With Tanzania.
In late 2025, the world woke up to images and testimonies from Tanzania that felt unreal. A country long known for political calm had...
Tina the Trucker: The Life and Death of Christina John Richard
Christina John Richard. Known to her friends and family as Tina., was not supposed to die before her twenty-third birthday.
She was 22 years old,...
The Last Window: The Killing of Jocelyn Mafuru
It began with a moment of trust.
On the afternoon of October 30th, 2025, Jocelyn Benard Mafuru was driving home from church with her son....
The Silent Death of Benjamin Munisi
When the sun rose over Dar es Salaam on October 29th, 2025, Benjamin Joseph Munisi was still a university student with dreams. By sunset,...
Lessons for Tanzania From Apartheid’s Brutality
When I first visited Johannesburg nearly twenty years ago, I stood near Gandhi Square, watching the city hum with life. The scent of robustness...
SADC Has Spoken, Tanzania Has Fallen
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In 2024, Aminata and I spent some time in Arusha and Tanga. We fell in love with the...
Omar al-Bashir’s Role in the El Fashir Massacre
In the last days of October 2025, the city of El Fashir in North Darfur erupted into horror. More than 2000 civilians were executed...
What Israel’s return to Zambia Means for Africa
If you blinked, you might have missed it. On August 20, 2025, Israel raised its flag once again over an embassy in Lusaka, Zambia....
Powerful lessons for Traoré from the People’s Revolution
What had started as rage in the streets of Ouagadougou became, for Traoré, a revelation. Although just another cog in the machine of Compaoré’s...
