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Tanzanian police release Chadema opposition leaders
The opposition officials and hundreds of youths from across the country were arrested in the wake of last month’s general elections
Tanzania’s post-election violence raises doubts over credibility of 2025 polls
Authorities have not released an official death toll, but unconfirmed reports suggest the number of fatalities could exceed 1 000
Tanzania’s political parties hold final campaign rallies ahead of elections
Tanzanian political parties are winding up their bids to win over the 37.6 million people expected to vote on Wednesday
Security tight in Tanzania ahead of Wednesday’s elections
Tanzanians are using social media to call for mass demonstrations before Wednesday’s poll
Tanzania’s court rules against Mpina’s presidential bid
He has vowed to continue his legal fight and his party is still campaigning for the election in two weeks’ time
Tanzania’s high court to decide on Luhaga Mpina’s presidential bid
Mpina filed an appeal last month against his removal from the race by the Independent National Electoral Commission
Tanzanians go to the polls with unresolved constitutional reforms
Government critics abducted, the main opposition leader detained and the presidential candidate for the second largest opposition party disqualified indicate a government…
Mpina’s removal from Tanzania’s presidential race boosts Samia’s reelection chances
Tanzania’s 2025 general elections campaign has taken a dramatic turn after the removal of the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT Wazalendo) party’s candidate — former…
PAC’s Jaki Seroke: Sobukwe would have supported the GNU
He said nation building is hampered when enemies are embedded and ready to sabotage the government of national unity
Zanzibar’s elections need robust regional and international observer missions
In past elections results were tampered with and reversed, ballot boxes were seized and results cancelled in key constituencies, and voters ID’s have been withheld, which means…
Seif Sharif Hamad: Historic leader, peace builder and unifier
Zanzibar’s first vice-president in its government of national unity died of Covid-19 last week.
Malawi elections provide a global lesson in democracy
COMMENT: Opposition candidates and party can increase their chances of success at the polls by putting aside minor differences and presenting a united front
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
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
Tanzania suffers peril of populism
People call John Magufuli ‘The Bulldozer’. But in his haste to get things done, he might be wrecking the very foundations of his country’s democracy