Julius Nyerere Stories

Kenya-Tanzania rift over activist’s deportation sparks regional reckoning on free expression
Mwangi Maina  |  May 28, 2025

Kenyans, particularly on social media, reacted not with silence but with satire: memes, parodies, and comedic impersonations of Tanzanian President Sa...

Tanzania arrests opposition official ahead of Brussels forum, raising crackdown fears
Reuters  |  May 13, 2025

Golugwa had been due to represent his party in Brussels at a forum organised by the International Democracy Union, a grouping of centre-right parties...

Ali Hassan Mwinyi: Architect of Tanzania's economic and political reforms
The Conversation  |  Mar 03, 2024

Mwinyi passed away on Thursday at the age of 98 after battling lung cancer and was buried on Saturday.

Discord over Tanzania's Nyerere statue at AU Headquarters
Yunis Dekow  |  Feb 23, 2024

The African Union (AU) this week bestowed this honour upon Nyerere at a ceremony led by AU Commission Chair Mousa Faki Mahammat, who expressed profoun...

African Union honours Tanzania's Julius Nyerere with statue, building name
Yunis Dekow  |  Feb 18, 2024

Mahamat said Nyerere, a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist who was President from 1964 to 1985, left an indelible legacy.

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