It’s not easy telling your own story

It was another dark moment for the journalism profession and freedom of expression when the Egyptian Judge condemned three Al Jazeera journalists to seven years in prison each.

>For some years now, we have been made to believe there are two things happening in the sugar industry: One, we have been informed there is an influx of imported sugar, which is certain to kill the local sugar industry. And two, we have often been told that there is an acute shortage of sugar, the reported influx notwithstanding!

Iyanya ni msanii wa Nigeria ambaye mwaka huu ameshirikishwa na star wa Bongo, Diamond Platnumz katika wimbo uitwao ‘Bum Bum’ ambao video yake imetoka hivi karibuni. Nyota huyo aka Mr. Kukere ambaye mwaka jana pia alikuja Tanzania na kutumbuiza katika tamasha la Fiesta Dar es salaam, ameachia single mpya iitwayo ‘Story story’ Feat. Oritsefemi. Hivi […]

There was cheer when in October 2012 the Transport ministry launched the city commuter railway service.

Thirteen sideways views of African life

ZIFF is turning out to be a common meeting place for filmmakers and enthusiasts from around Stone Town at a season that has been christened a ‘Common Destiny’.

To the passengers aboard the Tanzania Railway Limited (TRL) coach, these were just some wazungus enjoying life in this part of the world. But for the Das letzte Kleinod, this was a pursuit of stories that connect the Germany landscape to the rest of the world.

>Lisa Noudehou clearly remembers how her father used to read to her when she was a little girl. Together, they would make up stories and enjoy each other’s company that way. Now that Lisa has children of her own – Matoko (19) and Sena (15) – she has had many made up stories with the two of them.

The year 2015 will go down in the history of our country as one in which the government introduced three Bills that compromise our freedom of expression. The Statistics Act of 2015, the Cybercrime Act of 2015 and now the scheduled Media Service Bill of 2015 are draconian and totally unacceptable in a democracy.