The party that might lose its guests: AFCON 2027 and the quiet panic behind the planning

DAR ES SALAAM, March 22 -- HELLO everybody! Welcome to the gently unravelling emotional landscape of AFCON 2027 preparations, to be jointly hosted by Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Three nations current... और पढ़ें

Dennis Busulwa Ssebo: The man who refused to let Singeli music remain single

DAR ES SALAAM, March 15 -- THERE are certain people in the media fraternity whose names rarely appear in flashing lights, yet somehow their fingerprints are on everything. They are the quiet engineer... और पढ़ें

Kariakoo Derby at "Guantanamo": When Bundi started checking lease again

DAR ES SALAAM, March 8 -- IN the long and occasionally unbelievable history of the Kariakoo Derby, last Sundays encounter at the New Amaan Stadium Complex in Zanzibar secured its own peculiar corner i... और पढ़ें

Presidential selfies, dreams to deadline: Race against AFCON 2027 clock

Dar es Salaam, March 1 -- THERE is a peculiar way in which time behaves when a great event approaches. At first it strolls along like a distant caravan on the horizon: Visible, romantic and comfortabl... और पढ़ें

TZ Film Festival and Awards: Where cinema sparkled, water cost fortune

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 22 -- THERE are some evenings that pass like polite dinner guests. They knock gently, compliment the curtains and leave before the tea goes cold. And then there are evenings that ... और पढ़ें

When Tanzanian music played on, but money wandered off

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 1 -- THERE is something strangely poetic and downright cruel, about the journey of Tanzanian music. It has travelled far and wide, danced across continents and found fans in place... और पढ़ें

When referee became main AFCON character, East Africa took notes

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 25 -- THE most dramatic artefact to survive the AFCON 2025 final in Rabat was not a shirt torn in protest. Nor a VAR screenshot zoomed into eternity, nor even a coachs wounded dig... और पढ़ें