Why Subscribe to Ujasusi | Intelligence & Security Analysis
Ujasusi | Intelligence & Security Analysis is a specialist publication covering intelligence services, security affairs, and geopolitics — with particular depth on African and East African affairs. It is written by Evarist Chahali, a former officer of the Tanzania Intelligence and Security Service (TISS), and combines OSINT methodology with practitioner-perspective analysis.
📡 What You Get
Intelligence briefs and long-form analysis on developments most English-language publications overlook: the politicisation of African intelligence services, transnational repression campaigns, ICC accountability proceedings, Pegasus targeting of civil society, Washington lobbying operations by African governments (FARA filings), and the broader architecture of intelligence and security affairs across the continent and beyond.
Documented sourcing. Institutional primary sources where possible, specialist outlets and wire services for current developments, and quality broadsheets for broader context. Anchor texts function as citations directly — the hyperlink is the source.
Practitioner-perspective inference where the open-source record permits. Former intelligence officers see patterns in institutional behaviour that generalist analysts often miss. That perspective shapes the analysis here without compromising the rigour of open-source methodology.
Coverage readers cannot get elsewhere in English. The Tanzania post-election crisis, TISS institutional analysis, the Chande Commission inquiry, the Africa Terrorism Monitor, and the Africa Intelligence Service Database — covering more than 70 services across 54 countries — are core beats served at depth here and marginally, if at all, elsewhere.
🔍 The Author
Evarist Chahali is an intelligence and security analyst based in Glasgow, Scotland. He served as an officer of the Tanzania Intelligence and Security Service (TISS) before departing in 2008, and has since built an independent analytical practice covering African and global intelligence affairs. His work has been cited in international reporting on Tanzania’s post-election crisis, transnational repression, and the politicisation of African intelligence services. He is working on a manuscript on African intelligence services.
📋 Publishing Approach
Formats: Intelligence briefs, long-form analytical pieces (typically 1,500–2,500 words), investigative reporting, and strategic assessments. Pieces combine documentary sourcing, institutional analysis, and forward-looking judgment where the record permits.
Cadence: One to two substantive pieces per week, with additional shorter items on developing stories. Subscribers receive new pieces directly by email and can access the full archive at ujasusi.com.
Standards: British English throughout. OSINT methodology with transparent sourcing. Institutional primary sources prioritised. No aggregation of other outlets’ reporting without original analytical contribution.
📨 Free Subscription
A free subscription gets you:
The opening analytical section of every piece delivered to your inbox
Access to free-tier content in the ujasusi.com archive
Periodic newsletter updates on the publication and ecosystem
🔐 Paid Subscription
A paid subscription unlocks the full publication:
Complete analysis on every piece. Most articles have a paywalled second tier containing forward-looking assessment, named-actor identification, operational analysis, and material drawn from sources not in general open-source circulation.
Full archive access across several years of analytical work on African intelligence services, East African security affairs, transnational repression, ICC accountability, and related beats.
Africa Intelligence Service Database access (when launched) — the reference product covering more than 70 intelligence services across 54 African countries, developed over years of OSINT research.
Direct support for independent intelligence analysis. Specialist publications like this one exist only because readers pay for them. Your subscription funds the work.
🌍 The Ujasusi Ecosystem
Ujasusi | Intelligence & Security Analysis is the English-language flagship. Two sister platforms extend the coverage to Swahili-speaking audiences:
Barua ya Chahali — Swahili-language newsletter adapting core analysis for East African readers in Kiswahili sanifu.
JasusiTV — Swahili YouTube channel with video analysis in Swahili .
All three platforms operate under the same editorial standards and cover the same core beats, adapted to language and format.
📬 Who Subscribes
The Ujasusi readership includes intelligence analysts, security researchers, academic specialists, investigative journalists, policy professionals, diplomats, and serious general readers interested in African and global intelligence affairs. The publication serves subscribers across Africa, Europe, North America, and beyond.
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— Evarist Chahali Editor, Ujasusi | Intelligence & Security Analysis
