Tag: Tanzania

Why Samia’s hesitant reforms are fuelling Tanzanian political anger

The recent wave of abductions, arrests and the brutal killing of an…

Basillioh Rukanga Basillioh Rukanga

How islanders are saving their Indian Ocean coral reef

Looking out now over the Indian Ocean from Mnemba Island, it is…

Alfred Lasteck Alfred Lasteck

The VHS tape that helped me face my father’s shocking early death

I felt huge guilt and shame for not having had a chance…

Tam Patachako Tam Patachako

Running with the Hadza – the race celebrating a way of life

A fire crackles just after dawn in north Tanzania's bushlands. The sun…

Tom Reynolds Tom Reynolds

Tanzania Precision Air crash: ‘I tried to save pilots but was knocked unconscious’

A fisherman who was one of the first responders at the site…

Athuman Mtulya Athuman Mtulya

It takes a brave heart to do what I do

You know, people hate faeces. You need a brave heart to touch…

Julius Hadison Chisengo Julius Hadison Chisengo

“It put my life in great jeopardy” – the Tanzanian tackling a taboo

"For us here in Tanzania, it would have been the end of…

Peter Musembi Peter Musembi

I was nearly raped in a hotel in Zanzibar

It’s high time I told my horrible experience in Zanzibar as a…

Zainab Oladehinde Zainab Oladehinde

Masoud Kipanya unveils Tanzania’s first locally-made electric car

Tanzanian cartoonist Masoud Kipanya has officially unveiled the country's first locally-made electric…

Naa Atswei Deisa Okang Naa Atswei Deisa Okang

‘I was accused of using my son for money rituals because he has Down’s Syndrome’

Being the mother of a child with Down's Syndrome in Tanzania is…

Akorfa Searyoh Akorfa Searyoh