Tag: Tanzania

‘Manhandled and choked’ – Tanzanian activist recounts abduction

Prominent Tanzanian activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai, who has said she was abducted…

Tanzania’s fuel revolution slowed down by lack of filling stations

A revolution in vehicle fuel is gaining momentum in Tanzania, but a…

All aboard the sparkling railway breaking new ground for East Africa

Shaped and coloured like the country’s rare gemstone, tanzanite, the sparkling new…

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