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Burundi refugees forcibly disappeared, tortured in Tanzania: HRW
New report says at least 18 Burundians were forcibly disappeared from refugee camps in Tanzania over the past year. At least 18 Burundian...
Nov 30, 2020
Tanzanian opposition leader takes inspiration from ANC and calls for sanctions after John Magufuli’s
Tanzania’s opposition has added an international front to its fight and its leader Tundu Lissu is drawing inspiration from the struggle...
Nov 25, 2020
Tanzania launches corruption probe into its cement industry
Sudden price hikes in cement and other construction materials in Tanzania have prompted the country’s Director of Public Prosecutions...
Nov 24, 2020
Tanzania: Repression Mars National Elections
Stop, Investigate, and Prosecute Serious Abuses Authorities in Tanzania killed at least four people and carried out other serious abuses...
Nov 23, 2020
Donald Trump’s attack on US democracy hurts everyone
With autocracy on the rise globally, respecting the popular vote matters even more Having survived an assassination attempt in which he...
Nov 19, 2020
Homophobic Tanzania seeks close ties to gay-friendly Joe Biden
The homophobic Tanzanian President, Dr John Magufuli, has sent a belated congratulatory message to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and...
Nov 18, 2020
How Magufuli has steered Tanzania down the road of an authoritarian one-party state
Tanzania’s 2020 general elections resulted in a predictably easy victory for one of Africa’s oldest ruling parties, Chama Cha Mapinduzi....
Nov 17, 2020
Tanzania opposition leader flees country after election
Tanzania opposition politician and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu has left the country for Belgium a week after a failed...
Nov 12, 2020
Tundu Lissu leaves for Europe
Tanzanian opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, on Tuesday left the country for Europe. Lissu had been at the German embassy since Friday after...
Nov 11, 2020
Former Tanzanian MP arrested after fleeing to Kenya
Former Tanzanian MP Godbless Lema spent Sunday night in a police station in Kenya moments after irregularly crossing the border,...
Nov 9, 2020
Mockery of democracy shifts from Tanzania to Uganda
As the controversial Tanzanian elections concluded with President John Magufuli's inauguration on Thursday, the spotlight shifts to...
Nov 9, 2020
Tanzanian government cracks down on opposition after disputed election
Written by Jason Burke Authorities in Tanzania have launched a wide-ranging crackdown on opposition parties, days after the country’s...
Nov 4, 2020
Tanzania's Ruling Party Accused of Rigging Elections
Written by Jaree Zaidi On Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2020, Tanzania held its general elections to elect both the President and the National...
Nov 2, 2020
Tanzania 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...
Oct 30, 2020
Tanzania elections: Tundu Lissu alleges ‘shameless’ fraud
Tanzania's main opposition leader says there has been "shameless" widespread vote rigging in Wednesday's elections. But the National...
Oct 29, 2020
Tanzania goes to polls as Vodafone accused of blocking opposition texts
One 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 28, 2020
Elections in Tanzania: A model African country slides toward dictatorship
Opposition politician Tundu Lissu only barely survived an assassination attempt in 2017. Now, he is running for president against...
Oct 27, 2020
Tanks sent to tourist island of Zanzibar as Tanzania's strongman leader eyes indefinite rule
Zanzibar is best known by holidaymakers for its sandy white beaches and winding medieval passageways. But where once there were tourists,...
Oct 26, 2020
The bulldozer rumbles on: President Magufuli is likely to win an unfair vote in Tanzania
With the opposition hobbled, Tanzanians are resigned to another five years of him Back in January John Magufuli, Tanzania’s president,...
Oct 23, 2020
Tanzania readies for polls after years of ‘hell’ for opposition
Tundu Lissu, shot 16 times in an assassination attempt, returned to Tanzania to run for president -- but he did not know what to expect...
Oct 21, 2020
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