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Free at last: Boniface Mwangi released from detention

Activists Khalid Hussein, Boniface Mwangi and his wife Njeri Mwangi in Mombasa moments after arriving on May 22, 2025 [Courtesy, Khalid Hussein]

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has been released from detention by Tanzanian authorities, Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has confirmed.

The release ends several days of silence and rising diplomatic tension between Kenya and Tanzania.

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