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French activists say 100,000 hurt by Total’s Ugandan oil preparation
Over 100,000 people in Uganda and Tanzania have been hurt by human rights violations linked to the Total's TOTF.PA oil operations in...
Oct 20, 2020
Tundu Lissu is Tanzania’s best hope of defeating President John Magufuli
By Zitto Kabwe Election day, 28 October 2020, will go down as a key moment in Tanzanian history. It can be a day when we choose change...
Oct 19, 2020
Tanzanian police face pressure to tame political violence as poll nears
Tanzanian security agencies are facing growing calls to punish perpetrators of political violence, with stakeholders warning it could...
Oct 16, 2020
Tanzania opposition agrees to collaborate. Will it pay off?
Tanzania gears up for October 28 polls to elect presidents for mainland and semi-autonomous Zanzibar, as well as MPs and local...
Oct 15, 2020
Facebook to promote election integrity ahead of Tanzania’s October polls
Tanzania's General Election is a fortnight away, Facebook has announced its commitment to protect the integrity of democracy on its...
Oct 14, 2020
Amnesty: Tanzania ‘must end arbitrary arrests of opposition leaders’
Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s government is thwarting opposition politicians' campaign efforts by selectively applying the law...
Oct 13, 2020
Tanzania: Laws weaponized to undermine political and civil freedoms ahead of elections
Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s government has built up a formidable arsenal of laws to stifle all forms of dissent and effectively...
Oct 12, 2020
Tanzania’s opposition fears election violence because, Lissu says, ‘we are winning’
At a jubilant rally one recent evening in the town of Geita, in northwestern Tanzania, Tundu Lissu sang along to Bob Marley’s “One Love”...
Oct 9, 2020
Tanzania opposition leader says facing repression as elections near
Three weeks before elections, the Tanzanian government is getting scared and will do all in its power to stop the opposition, according...
Oct 8, 2020
Tanzanian police block opposition candidate’s entourage
A convoy carrying Tanzania's leading opposition candidate was blocked for at least several hours Tuesday, days after the country's...
Oct 7, 2020
Tanzania: Candidate Tundu Lissu is suspended just ahead of polls
With just a little over three weeks before Tanzania’s presidential polls set for 28 October, incumbent President John P. Magufuli is busy...
Oct 6, 2020
Tanzania is not ready for a free and fair election
When President John Magufuli took office in 2015, he came to power on a promise to root out corruption. A series of eye-catching measures...
Oct 5, 2020
US lawmakers: Democratic institutions backsliding in sub-Saharan Africa
U.S. lawmakers convened a hearing Wednesday in Washington on what they said was an erosion of democratic institutions in parts of...
Oct 1, 2020
Economic growth or civil liberties: The choice facing Tanzanian voters
Tanzanian president John Magufuli approaches elections buoyed by victory in the local polls and a solid track record on the economy. But...
Sep 30, 2020
Ugandans cry foul over displacements from oil pipeline to Tanzania
Uganda and Tanzania in September signed an agreement to build what they say will be the world’s longest crude oil pipeline, a $3.5...
Sep 30, 2020
Tundu Lissu explains strong opposition following in Tanzania
Tanzania’s Chadema (Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo) presidential candidate Tundu Lissu has said the opposition has continued to grow...
Sep 29, 2020
A contested legacy: Julius Nyerere and the 2020 Tanzanian election
Tanzanians will head to the polls on 28 October in which the incumbent, John Magufuli, faces a determined opposition. Elected to a first...
Sep 23, 2020
Tanzania: Police arrest second Membe aide over ‘money laundering’
A second aide to former foreign affairs minister Bernard Membe has been arrested over a police probe into alleged money laundering. Dar...
Sep 21, 2020
The rise of Africa’s new ‘’old men’
When Presidents Yahya Jammeh of Gambia, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and Omar al-Bashir of Sudan were brought down within a few years of...
Sep 18, 2020
Uganda-Tanzania oil pipeline threatens ‘disastrous’ environmental consequences
Tanzania and Uganda signed a $3.5 billion deal to begin construction of an oil pipeline on September 13 – sparking a wave of outcry from...
Sep 18, 2020
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