The next election will be for the survival and credibility of the country’s democracy
In Africa’s prized national parks, sustainable tourism depends on ecosystem resilience, not just the visibility of charismatic species like elephants and lions. It’s about seeing national parks as living systems within larger social and ecological networks
The opposition officials and hundreds of youths from across the country were arrested in the wake of last month’s general elections
The youth describe their movements as leaderless and digital, as they defy the old elites who have led to frustration due to failed economies and systemic decay.
President Suluhu wasted an opportunity to change the course. It is probably not too late. She can choose humility over hubris, dialogue over dominance and service over control, says the writer
Authorities have not released an official death toll, but unconfirmed reports suggest the number of fatalities could exceed 1 000
Tanzanian political parties are winding up their bids to win over the 37.6 million people expected to vote on Wednesday
Tanzanians are using social media to call for mass demonstrations before Wednesday’s poll
He has vowed to continue his legal fight and his party is still campaigning for the election in two weeks’ time
Mpina filed an appeal last month against his removal from the race by the Independent National Electoral Commission
Government critics abducted, the main opposition leader detained and the presidential candidate for the second largest opposition party disqualified indicate a government crackdown before the election
Netflix’s Beauty and the Bester retells a scandal already splashed across headlines — but does it add insight or merely feed obsession?
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 minister and outspoken legislator Luhaga Mpina — from the presidential race. The decision announced by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) is widely seen as strengthening President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s […]
Governments on the continent are using enforced disappearances to silence political opposition but, as cases rise, only 21 of 55 states have ratified a key convention
He said nation building is hampered when enemies are embedded and ready to sabotage the government of national unity
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 they cannot vote
Children in schools and homes, some of them for blind and autistic, are dying and injured in fires, and property is destroyed in market places
The reduction in maternal mortality in the country proves that political will, smart investment and innovation can save mothers’ lives
When I was a child, my younger brother, Bob Kizito, drowned in a pond at the age of just eight
In recent months, there has been a spate of abductions, assaults, arrests and murders, the victims all being opponents or critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government
It appears that the Tanzanian minister of agriculture has overreacted to the rumoured South African ban on imports.
The Rwandan president is defying international pressure to withdraw his soldiers from eastern DRC where they are backing militia
President Cyril Ramaphosa remains in direct contact with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of Rwanda, the perceived backer of the M23 rebels
Where algorithms see risk, we must see potential; where systems see statistics, we must recognise humanity
Coming on the heels of seven coups since 2020, 19 countries held elections but with mixed outcomes
Christian rights groups have spent millions over four years in efforts to push anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQIA+ agendas
Only five of the 15 countries in the region have signed the International Convention on Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Tanzania is banking on its natural resources during the global transition to clean energy, but analysts warn there are dangers ahead
The region has also seen an increase in its contribution to the continent’s broader economic growth
In defiance of a judgment by the African court on human and peoples’ rights,capital punishment remains — even if death sentences are never executed
The deal paves the way for a logistics company controlled by Dubai to manage all the ports in Tanzania
South Africa’s part in World War I shows the importance of collective memory in recalling the ignored names of those who died in service