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Thank you @TheChanzo for this wonderful piece. Very happy to see pictures of my late father, Mzee Kanyama Chiume, who was also privileged to scale Mt. Kilimanjaro in 1988 together with the Carter family, to cover the story as part of his work as a journalist/newspaper columnist.
Retired Police Officer Who Accompanied the Late Jimmy Carter to Summit Mt. Kilimanjaro Reflects on the Historic Expedition
thechanzo.com/2025/01/08/ret…
I’m a bit late to this amazing news Kaka @aeyakuze! 😊 Congratulations for the new role, and for the amazing run at @Twaweza_NiSisi!
📣 OGP is pleased to announce @aeyakuze as its new CEO! As a dedicated advocate for transparency and citizen engagement, he will guide OGP’s 76 members and partners in delivering ambitious #opengov reforms.
Many thanks to @SPradhanOGP for 8 impactful years of leadership!
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Good analysis brother @mcbrams!
Malawian journalist Jack Mcbrams was at the funeral that the late Vice President Saulos Chilima was supposed to attend. He talked to us about the weather conditions in Mzuzu on Monday and how Malawians have reacted to the death of VP Chilima and nine others onboard the aircraft #FocusOnAfrica @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld
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The extent of the unresolved trauma inflicted on Malawians in the name of @KanyamaChiume and other dissidents remains largely unresolved 30 years after democracy…
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Nyerere went to China in 1965 wearing a western suit… but returned with a new fashion sense! He started wearing a “Zhou Enlai” suit (later popularly known as “Kaunda suit”)
On this day in 1965, President Julius Nyerere, the founding father of Tanzania, started his first state visit to China. He was warmly received by Chairman Mao Zedong, Premier Zhou Enlai and the other then Chinese leaders, and built profound personal friendships with them.
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Appreciation tweet to @venusnyota! Contributors like myself will miss your eye-popping grilling at BBC TV 😀😀, but we are thrilled about your well deserved appointment. We expect nothing else but dedication and professionalism in public service. Hongera sana!
Congratulations to the Malawi Flames for making history at AFCON. Despite this elimination, they will be greeted back home as national heroes! 🇲🇼 🔥
The Flames are out of the Africa Cup of Nations finals at round of 16 stage following a 2-1 loss to Morocco in Yaounde, Cameroon on Tuesday night.
Gabadinho Mhango opened the scoring but the Atlas Lions came from behind to earn a hard fought victory.
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#DearDrSalim, I still remember as a young boy walking with my dad, Kanyama Chiume, one evening circa 1989 along the then Upanga Road in Dar. You passed by in your motorcade and my father waved at you. You recognized him and instructed your motorcade to stop. 1/4
Uncle Walter is really an institution in his own right! Such a beautiful piece, which left me wanting for more. An autobiography from him perhaps? 😊
This piece about our founder Mr. #WalterBgoya 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Still holding out against the tide 40 years later (yes we turned 40 this year ☺️) #KitabuNiZawadi #40YearsInAfricanPublishing
Fascinating findings, well done brother @bonidulani and the team!
Long-serving African presidents say the people want them to stay on. Is that true? wapo.st/3CPVpaP
Congratulations my dear friend @venusnyota on your book launch! Can’t wait for my signed copy, and to read about Biubwa A. Zahor, the only woman in a pack of men who emerged as key leaders of the Zanzibar revolution of 1964. Thanks for digging up this lost history!
“As a physical symbol of our independence, the ministerial committee decided that an arch should be built at Chichiri.” Kanyama Chiume’s autobiography.
#malawiindependenceday #MALAWIINDEPENDENCE 🇲🇼 1/2
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#RIPKK Silent video: Kenneth Kaunda, then Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia is seen here receiving Foreign Ministers Kanyama Chiume (Malawi) and Oscar Kambona (Tanganyika and Zanzibar) at the airport in Lusaka, August 21, 1964. #KennethKaunda #RIPKennethKaunda 1/3
Tiyende pamodzi ndi mtima umodzi! RIP Kenneth Kaunda, the gallant son of Africa, a liberator and a Pan African! ✊🏾✊🏾
Dear @dailynewstz, that Lady is actually Etta Banda, not to be confused with Joyce Banda. Etta was Malawi Foreign Minister at the time. This greeting is customary not just in Malawi but also in parts of southern Tanzania. Outdated custom perhaps but it’s there.
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Tomorrow at @NYUAfricaHouse we honor Prof. Benno Ndulu’s legacy. Join us virtually with Pres. @jmkikwete, @obyezeks, @bill_easterly et al. nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register…
So, the 8th Sultan of #Zanzibar (from 1902 to 1911), Sayyid Ali bin Hamud Al-Busaid, had a cameo appearance in #Coming2America as one of the old Zamunda Kings (Joffer), in case you didn’t recognize him.
Japokuwa Maalim Seif hakuwahi “kutangazwa” kama Rais wa Zanzibar, bado alifanikiwa “kutawala” mioyo ya wengi. Wakampa dhamana ya kuongoza matamanio yao. Na alipopata nyenzo rasmi za utawala, japo nusu-mkate, aliunganisha watu na kuvunja nadharia nyingi hasi juu yake. RIP ✊🏾.
My brother @asalim86, sharing in your sorrow with love and friendship. Poleni sana ndugu zangu! 🙏🏾
We are sadly mourning the passing away of Ms. Amne Rifai, the beloved wife of Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, one of our nation's heroes. Dr. Salim is an internationally renowned and respected diplomat, a former Prime Minister and an accomplished intellectual. Amne made us proud.
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And today you are the newly appointed Executive Secretary of Malawi Human Rights Commission, a constitutionally mandated body. It’s a full circle. So proud of you my friend! @HabibaRezwana
This time of the year on 15th October 2012 was in Maula Prison for demonstrating against human rights violations! @Billymayaya1 @amizere