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ACT WAZALENDO

Tanzania’s opposition leader on reggae, resistance and his own resurrection

Sixteen bullets and 27 operations later, Tanzania’s main opposition leader has recovered from a brutal assassination attempt – and is now in the middle of an even bigger fight

  • Simon Mkina
4 min read
Braving it: Tundu Lissu, Tanzania’s former MP with the Chadema opposition party who was shot in 2017, returns from exile to challenge President John Magufuli in elections later this year. (STR/AFP)
ACT WAZALENDO

Tanzania’s opposition finds that forming a united front is not so easy

Having missed the chance to form a coalition, a so-called ‘endorsement’ may be the next-best step

  • Simon Allison
  • Simon Mkina
3 min read
BERNARD MEMBE

Neighbours round on Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s neighbours closed ranks against Robert Mugabe on Thursday as violence against opposition supporters intensified and spread to new areas.

  • Julian Borger
  • Xan Rice
4 min read
BERNARD MEMBE

Zim vote ‘will never be free or fair’

Zimbabwe’s run-off presidential election on June 27 is very unlikely to be free and fair, a group of Southern African ministers said on Thursday.

  • Cris Chinaka
4 min read
AFRICAN UNION

MDC says 24 killed as SA probes poll violence

Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said on Tuesday that four more of its members had been killed by supporters of President Robert Mugabe in nearly a…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
BERNARD MEMBE

New Tanzanian Cabinet faces vast challenges

A new, leaner Cabinet for Tanzania was sworn in Wednesday, its predecessor having fallen apart last week amid a corruption scandal. President Jakaya Kikwete dissolved his last…

  • Sarah McGregor
4 min read