Peter Bofin-Kilusungu
@swahilistreet.bsky.social
Ireland and East Africa. Researcher on politics, conflict, and East Africa
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When Tanzanians recently took to the streets to protest, in cities including Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, and Arusha, security forces responded with tear gas and live ammunition.
What Can the US Learn from Tanzania's Drift into Authoritarianism?
A brutal post-election crackdown has left hundreds dead in Tanzania, as US officials and Western media remain silent.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
When Tanzanians recently took to the streets to protest, in cities including Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, and Arusha, security forces responded with tear gas and live ammunition.
“As the Swahili saying goes: ‘Mdharau maradhi, kifo humuumbua’ – He who ignores an illness is humbled by death.
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“Island of Peace” - Mirage and shattered illusion
Kisiwa cha Amani. Island of peace
It was a beautiful story, a picture, a mirage — Tanzania, an “Island of Peace” floating in a turbulent region. We repeated the phrase until it became gospel, even as ...
udadisi.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
“As the Swahili saying goes: ‘Mdharau maradhi, kifo humuumbua’ – He who ignores an illness is humbled by death.
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News of these murders has been circulating on twitter for almost a week. The Chanzo has this report, a microcosm of the horror that has unfolded across Tanzania sins 29 October.
thechanzo.com/2025/11/09/m...
thechanzo.com/2025/11/09/m...
Matukio Baada ya Uchaguzi 2025: Namna Majirani Nane Walivyouwawa Kinyerezi Dar es Salaam - The Chanzo
Majirani hao waliuwawa usiku wa kuamkia Novemba 03, katika mtaa wa Kanga-Kariakoo, Kinyerezi
thechanzo.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
News of these murders has been circulating on twitter for almost a week. The Chanzo has this report, a microcosm of the horror that has unfolded across Tanzania sins 29 October.
thechanzo.com/2025/11/09/m...
thechanzo.com/2025/11/09/m...
"Was Shaaban, on his way to buy food, an imminent threat? Was Master Tindwa, standing in his own front yard, a danger to the state? Was a mother in her car with her child a legitimate target for lethal force?"
thechanzo.com/2025/11/04/a...
thechanzo.com/2025/11/04/a...
A Curfew is Not a License to Kill: Tanzania Must Answer for Its Dead - The Chanzo
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.
thechanzo.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Was Shaaban, on his way to buy food, an imminent threat? Was Master Tindwa, standing in his own front yard, a danger to the state? Was a mother in her car with her child a legitimate target for lethal force?"
thechanzo.com/2025/11/04/a...
thechanzo.com/2025/11/04/a...
Tanzanian mainstream media is not reporting, and BBC Swahili appears to be the only international coverage in-country. While clips abound online, despite internet being blocked, it will take time to work out what has been happening.
Huge, unprecedented protests in Tanzania yesterday. I've found literally one post on bluesky. This is why some of us can't fully shut our twitter accounts, much as we might wish to.
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Tanzanian mainstream media is not reporting, and BBC Swahili appears to be the only international coverage in-country. While clips abound online, despite internet being blocked, it will take time to work out what has been happening.
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Huge, unprecedented protests in Tanzania yesterday. I've found literally one post on bluesky. This is why some of us can't fully shut our twitter accounts, much as we might wish to.
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Huge, unprecedented protests in Tanzania yesterday. I've found literally one post on bluesky. This is why some of us can't fully shut our twitter accounts, much as we might wish to.
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"Even the masjid’s name, Sultan Mecid ... is an ode to the Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid, and his aid and solidarity with Irish people as they grappled with famine and hunger under British colonial rule."
#Spéirghorm
This is an important, insightful article about Islamophobia in Dublin.
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#Spéirghorm
This is an important, insightful article about Islamophobia in Dublin.
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On Hardwicke Lane, a tiny masjid faces hostility and xenophobia, but it can’t afford to move. A new report says there’s a lack of spaces for faith-based communities in the north-east inner-city, and urges the council to help. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/on-hardwicke...
On Hardwicke Lane, a tiny masjid faces hostility and xenophobia, but it can’t afford to move
A new report says there’s a lack of spaces for faith-based communities in the north-east inner-city, and urges the council to help.
www.dublininquirer.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"Even the masjid’s name, Sultan Mecid ... is an ode to the Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid, and his aid and solidarity with Irish people as they grappled with famine and hunger under British colonial rule."
#Spéirghorm
This is an important, insightful article about Islamophobia in Dublin.
👇🏻
#Spéirghorm
This is an important, insightful article about Islamophobia in Dublin.
👇🏻
Friends protest over arrest of Irish citizen alleged to have damaged Israeli arms plant
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October 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Friends protest over arrest of Irish citizen alleged to have damaged Israeli arms plant
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Friends protest over arrest of Irish citizen alleged to have damaged Israeli arms plant
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Friends protest over arrest of Irish citizen alleged to have damaged Israeli arms plant
Daniel Tatlow-Devally (31) and four other pro-Palestinian activists were arrested after they allegedly stormed the offices of Elbit Systems
www.irishtimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Friends protest over arrest of Irish citizen alleged to have damaged Israeli arms plant
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Reposted by Peter Bofin-Kilusungu
On Hardwicke Lane, a tiny masjid faces hostility and xenophobia, but it can’t afford to move. A new report says there’s a lack of spaces for faith-based communities in the north-east inner-city, and urges the council to help. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/on-hardwicke...
On Hardwicke Lane, a tiny masjid faces hostility and xenophobia, but it can’t afford to move
A new report says there’s a lack of spaces for faith-based communities in the north-east inner-city, and urges the council to help.
www.dublininquirer.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On Hardwicke Lane, a tiny masjid faces hostility and xenophobia, but it can’t afford to move. A new report says there’s a lack of spaces for faith-based communities in the north-east inner-city, and urges the council to help. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/on-hardwicke...
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If in Dublin, get to Booterstown 29 October for Daniel, and the movememt. Charged under gang laws for actively opposing genocide.
October 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If in Dublin, get to Booterstown 29 October for Daniel, and the movememt. Charged under gang laws for actively opposing genocide.
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"Is the Nazi MP who says she's driven mad by TV adverts full of Jews a racist or realist? How many people of Jewish heritage would the German National People’s Party expel? And should Germany be selling tanks to Yugoslavia?"
Join LIVE from the Weimar Republic in the year 1931 🇩🇪
Join LIVE from the Weimar Republic in the year 1931 🇩🇪
Is the Reform MP who says she’s driven mad by TV adverts full of Black & Asian people a racist or realist? How many migrants would the Tories expel? & should the UK be selling fighter jets to Türkiye?
Join LIVE at 9PM on X & YouTube or on ITV1 at 1045PM 📺
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Join LIVE at 9PM on X & YouTube or on ITV1 at 1045PM 📺
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October 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"Is the Nazi MP who says she's driven mad by TV adverts full of Jews a racist or realist? How many people of Jewish heritage would the German National People’s Party expel? And should Germany be selling tanks to Yugoslavia?"
Join LIVE from the Weimar Republic in the year 1931 🇩🇪
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If in Dublin, get to Booterstown 29 October for Daniel, and the movememt. Charged under gang laws for actively opposing genocide.
October 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If in Dublin, get to Booterstown 29 October for Daniel, and the movememt. Charged under gang laws for actively opposing genocide.
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1990: Turnout: 64.1%, Mary Robinson (51.9%, 2nd count)
1997: Turnout 47.6%, Mary McAleese (55.6%, 2nd count)
2011: Turnout 56.1%, Micheal D Higgins (56.8%, 4th count)
2018: Turnout 43.9%, Micheal D Higgins (55.81%, 1st count)
2025: Turnout 45.8%, Catherine Connolly (63.4%,1st count)
#aras25
1997: Turnout 47.6%, Mary McAleese (55.6%, 2nd count)
2011: Turnout 56.1%, Micheal D Higgins (56.8%, 4th count)
2018: Turnout 43.9%, Micheal D Higgins (55.81%, 1st count)
2025: Turnout 45.8%, Catherine Connolly (63.4%,1st count)
#aras25
October 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
1990: Turnout: 64.1%, Mary Robinson (51.9%, 2nd count)
1997: Turnout 47.6%, Mary McAleese (55.6%, 2nd count)
2011: Turnout 56.1%, Micheal D Higgins (56.8%, 4th count)
2018: Turnout 43.9%, Micheal D Higgins (55.81%, 1st count)
2025: Turnout 45.8%, Catherine Connolly (63.4%,1st count)
#aras25
1997: Turnout 47.6%, Mary McAleese (55.6%, 2nd count)
2011: Turnout 56.1%, Micheal D Higgins (56.8%, 4th count)
2018: Turnout 43.9%, Micheal D Higgins (55.81%, 1st count)
2025: Turnout 45.8%, Catherine Connolly (63.4%,1st count)
#aras25
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Dunno if sharing photos of the violent threats and hatred on spoiled votes and thereby giving those gowls the audience and coverage they want their otherwise mainly unseen messages to get is great tbh
October 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Dunno if sharing photos of the violent threats and hatred on spoiled votes and thereby giving those gowls the audience and coverage they want their otherwise mainly unseen messages to get is great tbh
Jenerali Ulimwengu on Raila Odinga
www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/...
www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/...
Raila Amolo Odinga bestrode our politics like the Colossus
Raila Odinga’s death marks the end of an era — the farewell of a political giant and Kenya’s best president who never was.
www.theeastafrican.co.ke
October 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Jenerali Ulimwengu on Raila Odinga
www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/...
www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/...
Tightening repression guarantees Samia Suluhu Hassan’s victory, but has strained her own party. Will she and her party come out stronger?
Arrests, abductions, and political exclusion have sidelined Tanzania’s opposition ahead of the 29 October elections. With rivals barred and leaders jailed, President Hassan and the CCM are set to extend their rule — uninterrupted since 1961.
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🔎 More: acleddata.com/report/last-...
October 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Tightening repression guarantees Samia Suluhu Hassan’s victory, but has strained her own party. Will she and her party come out stronger?
May he rest in peace news.mongabay.com/2025/10/tanz...
Tanzanian conservationists mourn death of plant expert Aloyce Mwakisoma
Tanzanian conservationists are mourning the tragic death of renowned plant expert Aloyce Mwakisoma, who played a critical role in forest restoration and recently helped identify and describe a giant new species of rainforest tree. Mwakisoma, 45, was struck and killed by a bus on Oct. 6 near the village of Sanje, in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains. […]
news.mongabay.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
May he rest in peace news.mongabay.com/2025/10/tanz...
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"not because we are usage-maxxing" I say while selling pornography
i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get
October 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"not because we are usage-maxxing" I say while selling pornography
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Israel has banned Palestinians from celebrating the release of Palestinian prisoners [hostages] & banned their families from giving interviews
Contrast that with the celebrations around the release of Israeli hostages & the many interviews being broadcast around the world.
Contrast that with the celebrations around the release of Israeli hostages & the many interviews being broadcast around the world.
October 13, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Israel has banned Palestinians from celebrating the release of Palestinian prisoners [hostages] & banned their families from giving interviews
Contrast that with the celebrations around the release of Israeli hostages & the many interviews being broadcast around the world.
Contrast that with the celebrations around the release of Israeli hostages & the many interviews being broadcast around the world.
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They say it’s to protect children, but this new EU law would let AI scan every message we send.
That means our private moments; photos, chats, confessions, could be monitored forever.
action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st...
#speirgorm
That means our private moments; photos, chats, confessions, could be monitored forever.
action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st...
#speirgorm
October 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
They say it’s to protect children, but this new EU law would let AI scan every message we send.
That means our private moments; photos, chats, confessions, could be monitored forever.
action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st...
#speirgorm
That means our private moments; photos, chats, confessions, could be monitored forever.
action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st...
#speirgorm