a day agoTanzania: Zanzibar ex-presidential candidate sues gov’tSeif Sharif Hamad with President Magufuli at State House in March. Photo: State House/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. Zanzibar's former ...
2 days agoBurundi refugees forcibly disappeared, tortured in Tanzania: HRWNew report says at least 18 Burundians were forcibly disappeared from refugee camps in Tanzania over the past year. At least 18 Burundian...
Nov 25Tanzanian opposition leader takes inspiration from ANC and calls for sanctions after John Magufuli’sTanzania’s opposition has added an international front to its fight and its leader Tundu Lissu is drawing inspiration from the struggle a...
Nov 24Tanzania launches corruption probe into its cement industrySudden price hikes in cement and other construction materials in Tanzania have prompted the country’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DP...
Nov 23Tanzania: Repression Mars National ElectionsStop, Investigate, and Prosecute Serious Abuses Authorities in Tanzania killed at least four people and carried out other serious abuses ...
Nov 19Donald Trump’s attack on US democracy hurts everyoneWith autocracy on the rise globally, respecting the popular vote matters even more Having survived an assassination attempt in which he w...
Nov 18Homophobic Tanzania seeks close ties to gay-friendly Joe BidenThe homophobic Tanzanian President, Dr John Magufuli, has sent a belated congratulatory message to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vic...
Nov 17How Magufuli has steered Tanzania down the road of an authoritarian one-party stateTanzania’s 2020 general elections resulted in a predictably easy victory for one of Africa’s oldest ruling parties, Chama Cha Mapinduzi. ...
Nov 12Tanzania opposition leader flees country after electionTanzania opposition politician and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu has left the country for Belgium a week after a failed natio...
Nov 11Tundu Lissu leaves for EuropeTanzanian opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, on Tuesday left the country for Europe. Lissu had been at the German embassy since Friday after...
Nov 9Former Tanzanian MP arrested after fleeing to KenyaFormer Tanzanian MP Godbless Lema spent Sunday night in a police station in Kenya moments after irregularly crossing the border, accordin...
Nov 9Mockery of democracy shifts from Tanzania to UgandaAs the controversial Tanzanian elections concluded with President John Magufuli's inauguration on Thursday, the spotlight shifts to Ugand...
Nov 4Tanzanian government cracks down on opposition after disputed electionWritten by Jason Burke Authorities in Tanzania have launched a wide-ranging crackdown on opposition parties, days after the country’s con...
Nov 2Tanzania's Ruling Party Accused of Rigging ElectionsWritten by Jaree Zaidi On Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2020, Tanzania held its general elections to elect both the President and the National Assemb...
Oct 30Tanzania elections: Opposition leader Tundu Lissu 'won't accept poll results'Voters were taking part in presidential and parliamentary elections. Photo: Reuters. Tanzania's main opposition presidential candidate ha...
Oct 29Tanzania elections: Tundu Lissu alleges ‘shameless’ fraudTanzania's main opposition leader says there has been "shameless" widespread vote rigging in Wednesday's elections. But the National Elec...
Oct 28Tanzania goes to polls as Vodafone accused of blocking opposition textsOne of the president's key opponents is Tundu Lissu who survived being shot 16 times by gunmen with Kalashnikovs in 2017 Tanzania goes to...
Oct 27Elections in Tanzania: A model African country slides toward dictatorshipOpposition politician Tundu Lissu only barely survived an assassination attempt in 2017. Now, he is running for president against incumbe...
Oct 26Tanks sent to tourist island of Zanzibar as Tanzania's strongman leader eyes indefinite ruleZanzibar is best known by holidaymakers for its sandy white beaches and winding medieval passageways. But where once there were tourists,...
Oct 23The bulldozer rumbles on: President Magufuli is likely to win an unfair vote in TanzaniaWith the opposition hobbled, Tanzanians are resigned to another five years of him Back in January John Magufuli, Tanzania’s president, vow...
