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 city of Dar es Salaam was tense after the elections, but for Jocelyn, faith came before fear. As she crossed the Kigamboni Bridge, police officers flagged her down. She slowed her car, came to...
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, he was a name on a growing list of the dead. Benjamin was a third-year student of business management at Mzumbe University, Mbeya Campus. He was 23 years old, full of ideas, laughter, and youthful ambition....
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 drifted through the air, and the taxis honked in that musical, maddening rhythm only large African cities understand. Later over a steaming plate of pap and T-bone steak, I got into a deep discussion about...
SADC Has Spoken, Tanzania Has Fallen
To download the SADC Report, click here In 2024, Aminata and I spent some time in Arusha and Tanga. We fell in love with the rhythm of Tanzanian life, the quiet dignity of its people, the beauty of its landscapes, and the subtle strength that hummed beneath the surface. Tanzania, I thought, was the one country that had learned how...
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 after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of the city following an eighteen-month siege. Survivors recount door-to-door raids, summary executions in hospitals, and women and children targeted in an ethnic cleansing campaign. The massacre...
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. On the surface, it looked like a simple ribbon-cutting. In reality, it marked the reopening of a chapter that had been slammed shut more than half a century ago. This was diplomacy. It was also...
A Call for Nation Builders, Not Nation Burners
As South Africa gears up for crucial elections that will shape its future, a contentious advert by the Democratic Alliance (DA) has ignited fierce debate and raised important questions about the kind of leadership needed to navigate the country forward. The advert, depicting the national flag burning and then reassembling, has stirred intense emotions and prompted soul-searching about the...
A Century of Land Laws in South Africa
The story of land in South Africa is one of conquest, betrayal, and resilience. It is a tale of legislation that shaped lives, ripped communities apart, and ultimately built the foundation for both oppression and freedom. For over a century, land laws have dictated who holds power and who is left behind, who thrives and who struggles to survive....
A Cry for Lasting Peace and Prosperity in the Somalia Region
The regional administration of Puntland, which has semi-autonomous status within Somalia, has announced its withdrawal from the federal government system. Puntland will now self-govern independently until constitutional amendments recently passed by the central authorities in Mogadishu are put to a national referendum vote. On Saturday, 30th April, Somalia's federal parliament based in the capital Mogadishu approved multiple changes to the...
Protect the Maasai and Their Ancestral Lands
In the swirling sands of the Serengeti and the sacred slopes of Ol Doinyo Lengai, a story of survival, identity, and legacy unfolds. It is a story as old as time itself, etched into the very earth that cradles the Maasai people. For generations, the Maasai have lived in harmony with these lands, their lives a testament to the...
