DJ Bwakali
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....
Traoré Learns of the Atrocious Attack in the Grand Mosque
Just a few weeks later, on a Friday evening, the jihadists committed an atrocious and sacrilegious attack. They stormed the Grand Mosque in the...
How Burkina Faso’s 2014 Revolution Shaped Ibrahim Traoré
October 30, 2014. Dust and smoke hung like a cloud in Ouagadougou’s hot streets. Burnt shells and tear gas canisters littered the crowded streets....
Wasini Island’s Elusive Search for Freshwater
I first felt Wasini’s thirst in the silence after a boat leaves. The engine coughs, the wake settles, and the channel between Shimoni and...
Seeds of revolution taking root in Traoré’s Mind
One year earlier in 2010, a 22-year old Traoré had watched President Compaoré win re-election with over 80 percent of the vote. Although the...
