VIEWPOINT: New Year: Let us go beyond sentiments

The week-on-week turnover at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped by 67 per cent last week as investors shift their attention to the festive season.

Kenyan journalist Larry Madowo writes about the racism he has experienced in the US.

it was glitz, glamour and a list of who-is-who in the country was in attendance as Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Friday, exchanged marital vows with his heartthrob, former Miss Iara Fortes.
The governor and his bride signed the dotted lines at a private marriage registry attended only by family and a few friends at his Iyamho residence after which top dignitaries in the country were led by the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to the wedding reception held at the People’s White...

>Twice, in the recent past, I flatly refused to have my  family residential premises fumigated by an outfit that had been contracted by the local government in  the locale.

How Nelson Mandela won hearts during and after apartheid

Ibrahim Diallo describes what life as a black software engineer has been like for him.

UN chief says CAR 'must not become another Rwanda'

>The bad memories  I have about police officers as a young child, which prompted me to  perceive them as a hostile human species, was  accidental.

A year or so ago, a local newspaper published a cartoon that amused, angered and embarrassed me in equal measure. It depicted human beings and animals swapping roles.