In 1965, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, the Argentinean revolutionary and critical member of the Cuban revolution, visited Zanzibar. This was at the tail end of his political and personal struggle two years before his assassination. Che’s visit included a dinner engagement with a young family whose own political journey had just begun. This visit marked an...
The Tanzania Railway Cooperation has stated that passengers boarding for the SGR during the whole trial time shall use electronic tickets on booking, while in the train, and on disembarking. The trial session will start on September 2022, beginning with the trip from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro. TRC’s statement was presented today, on March...
A few days have gone by since Freeman Mbowe was released from custody after controversial terrorism charges, economic sabotage and conspiracy against him were dropped by DPP. Mr Mbowe, known to be a staunch critic of the government and chairman of the leading opposition party in Tanzania, had opened up about his 227 days behind...
Summary: Tanzania’s decision to abstain the UN resolution of Ukraine sparked controversy across social media posing questions like Tanzania took that stance despite its traditional branding of being the advocate of peace and harmony? On March 2, 2022, United Nations General Assembly held an emergency session to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The session purposely...
Since 2017, more people have been killed in terrorist attacks in sub-Saharan Africa than in either South Asia or the Middle East and North Africa. By 2021 almost half of all those killed by terrorists globally were in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Global Terrorism Index compiled by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The...
A day after the release of CHADEMA chairperson Freeman Mbowe, CCM, through its Secretary of Ideology and Publicity Shaka Hamdu Shaka, stated that Mbowe’s release signals a new beginning in Tanzania politics and people’s solidarity. Hours after Mbowe declared a freeman, pictures of him chatting with President Samia at the State House in Dar es...
The minister of finance and planning, Mwigulu Nchemba, said that banks had gone through a difficult situation in the previous regime, adding that “they were suffocated”. However, they hardly admit to that fact. Mwingulu gave those remarks today, March 5, 2022, during the opening of the CRDB new Head Quarters in Dar es Salaam. Hon...
On May 8, 2021, the Tanzania Chief Defence Force Venance Salvatory Mabeyo announced an immediate halt of 854 SUMA JKT, a Tanzania’s National Defence Service Wing tasked with constructing a new State House in Chamwino Dodoma. The 854 sacked national service recruits were promised employment after completion of State House construction. Amid construction, they were...
At the High Court Division of Corruption and Economic Sabotage Offences in Dar es Salaam on March 4, 2022, Freeman Mbowe and three co-accused were declared freemen after spending nearly a year in custody on terror-related charges. The news took social media by storm, with pictures and videos of Mbowe’s loyalists seeing dancing, singing and...
Unprecedently, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) Karagwe Diocese Bishop Benson Bagonza, accoladed President Samia’s 1 year Presidency during his interview at the State House on 2 March 2022. The clergyman is renowned for being a vocal critic of the government about constitutional issues, the rule of law and human rights. “This has been...