
When the Digital Lights Go Out: Tanzania’s $238 Million Lesson in Economic Self-Harm
While the government may have sought to control the flow of information, it also severed the economic lifeline for millions of its citizens.

While the government may have sought to control the flow of information, it also severed the economic lifeline for millions of its citizens.

Even a lawful curfew cannot justify the extrajudicial killing of citizens. The Tanzanian government must be held accountable for the deaths that occurred during the October 2025 lockdown.

They fear that a technology might actually live up to its promise of freeing people from toil and democratising access to knowledge and power.

My conversation with a hotel owner reveals the class divide shaping perceptions of President Samia’s economic policies.

Ndiyo maana mshikamano, na kufanya kazi kwa pamoja, ni muhimu kwenye juhudi zetu za kupigania taifa tunalolitaka.

Mafanikio ya haraka ya kifedha huwasukuma wasanii wengi kupoteza mguso na uhalisia wa jamii wanazotoka. Wengi hupotea wakijaribu kukabiliana na suala hilo, tunaweza kumnusuru Diamond na hatma hiyo.

Haitusaidii wananchi kuchukua hatua zinazoweza kuwaongezea nguvu wakandamizaji wetu pale nguvu hizo zinapotumika dhidi ya watu wa tabaka letu.

Tukuze uchumi ndiyo, lakini tuhakikishe ukuaji huo hautokei katika namna inayoathiri maslahi ya watu walewale ambao nguvu na jasho lao ndiyo zinategemewa kujenga nchi.

If NATO means fewer Ukrainians in graves, why wouldn’t Kyiv pursue membership?

Our power lies not in waiting for perfect circumstances, but in persistently expanding the space we have.
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