Tanzania and Kenya, like neighbours in a physical neighbourhood, inevitably influence each other. Whatever happens across our shared borders quickly spills over, ignoring colonial lines much like the constant movement of Kenyans and Tanzanians who cross back and forth without passports. Above all else, it is the Swahili language that binds us together. Swahili is…

Uhuru Primary School pupils overjoyed after receiving new desks generously donated by Rotarians, marking a meaning ful boost to their learning conditions and classroom experience. By The Arusha News Reporter Two Rotary Clubs have joined hands to strengthen learning environments in Arusha through the donation of 200 new desks and benches to local government schools….

Cancer is one of the most feared diseases of our time, yet few people know that it develops slowly and in predictable stages. Even fewer realise that diet plays the biggest role in determining whether early cancer cells grow or stay silent. Modern research shows that cancer is not simply a matter of bad luck…

The relationship between Tanzania and the European Union (EU) has endured for several decades, encompassing trade, development and diplomatic cooperation. As a Least Developed Country (LDC), Tanzania benefits from preferential access to EU markets through the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme. According to the EU’s Director-General for Trade, annual goods trade (exports plus imports) between…

The G20 social summit 2025 ended in Johannesburg, South Africa, last Sunday as a great success despite the USA boycott for reasons that cannot be substantiated. The Trump administration claims, without evidence, that there is going on in South Africa a massacre of white minority Afrikaners and many other “repulsive” things. Also, the USA was…

I was recently reminded of the strange, sometimes twisted nature of democracy during a drive to Butiama. Approaching the single-lane Simiyu River bridge near Magu, I found myself suddenly stuck in the middle of it. A 65-seater bus, coming from the opposite direction, had pulled onto the bridge even though I had clearly entered first….

The rains are here — literally pounding the recently dry and parched soils of Bongoland. And yes, a few months ago much of Bongoland’s terrain was almost a semi-desert, resembling the lands neighbouring the mighty Sahara Desert. But lo and behold, the pregnant skies suddenly opened their gates and let out the gushing waters, flooding…

You may perhaps remember a teacher who inspired you profoundly, so much so that you can say at this time that without that teacher you would not be where you are today. Most of us can make that statement. If it was not a teacher, it was a relative, a parent, a grandparent, another relative…

Beloved Swahili and English speaker; please help me understand. What is the exact translation of “kuweza”? Is it “to be able”? Or, “managing”? Or “probability”? Is it the combination of all these? We can all agree, WEZA, the infinitive (‘kiini-neno’ in Swahili) means: Can, able, probability, manage, afford to pay, etc. What about its auxiliaries,…