Je was op zoek naar: deadlock (Engels - Swahili)

finished, kaput, deadlock
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if the prime conciliator was expected to attempt a middle way out of our deepening deadlock, he did not disappoint.
kama mpatanishi mkuu alitegemewa kujaribu kupita njia ya kati katika kugota huku kwa mahusiano ambako kunazidi kuongezeka kina, basi hakutuvunja moyo.

former president albert zafy threatened to disclose names in the current rajoelina government if a solution to unblock the deadlock over the government of national union is not found soon.
rais wa zamani albert zafy ametishia kuyaweka wazi majina ya watu walio kwenye serikali ya sasa ya rajoelina kama ufumbuzi wa kutatua mgogoro juu serikali ya pamoja ya taifa hautapatikana mapema.

lant pritchett explains this notion in details in his book: let their people come: breaking the policy deadlock on international labor mobility.
lant pritchett anafafanua dhana hii kwa kina katika kitabu chake: waache watu wake waje; kuvunjwa kwa ukomo wa sera ya uhamiaji wa kimataifa wa nguvukazi.