Faustine's Baraza

I dropped by in Seattle to see family on enroute to the other village where the primary family resides. My kid brother Godwin (right) was celebrating his birthday yesterday. He is fourth born in my family with I being first born in the pack.It was nice touching base again...

...View of Central Seattle from Lake Union.........View of Space Needle from the Hood........Space Needle up close.....

The night view of the Space Needle and the city centre..Decorated street in central Seattle.......The spectacular view of the central library...

Rais Jakaya Kikwete wa Tanzania akipokea kirungu maalumu kama kiashirio cha kuwa Mwenyekiti mpya wa Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki kutoka kwa Rais Paul Kagame wa Rwanda (kulia) ambaye anamaliza muda wake kama Mwenyekiti wa jumuiya hiyo...

Kwa jinsi watanzania tulivyo wakarimu, Serikali ilitoa helikopta ya Polisi kwa ajili ya kulinda kombe la dunia.Tuliendelea kuonyesha ukarimu wetu kwa kuruhusu helikopta yetu kuweka mabango ya Coca Cola.Natumai Coca Cola walilipia matumizi ya helikopta yetu na si Serikali.

President Jakaya Kikwete lifting the World Cup during its tour of Tanzania.With the chaos in Tanzanian football, this is the closest will ever get to see the World Cup.

The US president Barack Obama is being criticized for a bow he made when he met the Japanese Emperor Akihito at the weekend.The former vice President, Dick Cheney was quoted as saying, “There is no reason for an American president to bow to anyone. ...

A MAN who strangled his wife during a nightmare should be set free whatever the outcome of his murder trial, a psychiatrist told a jury yesterday.Brian Thomas (59) killed his wife Christine (57) during a bad dream in which he believed he was fighting somebody who had broken into their camper...

The Vice President Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein greeting the former President of Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa, when he arrived to open the annual meeting of the Benjamin Mkapa HIV/AIDS Foundation (Picture:VPO).

Waziri Kiongozi Wa Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar Shamsi Vuai Nahodha (kulia) akiangalia Chupa yenye mbegu za aina mbalimbali za nafaka anazoonyeshwa na Waziri wa Viwanda Biashara na Masoko Mary Nagu (kushoto) wakati wa maadhimisho ya siku ya Viwanda Barani Afrika Dar es Salaam leo...

The Speaker of the National Parliament, Samuel Sitta posing for a picture with the UN Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha - Rose Migiro at the UN Offices in New York Marekani...

The world cup is the ultimate football competition and next year it will be held in Africa for the first time. I, for one, will be in one of the stadiums to watch some of the matches.A number of friends have expressed interest to travel to South Africa to watch some of the games...

Elimu ya Tanzania kwenye karne ya 21. Je, ni nini hatma ya vijana hawa? Je tunajenga taifa la namna gani? Je, vijana hawa wataweza kushindana na wenzao toka nje kama elimu yenyewe ni hii?Elimu Tanzania imeshuka sana, na uwezo wa kusoma na kuandika nadhani kwa sasa yko chini ya asilimia 50...

Some of the pilgrims who were due to travel to Mecca aboard Yemen Airlines, were left stranded at Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam yesterday when their trip hit a snag. The cause of this snag was not immediately known...