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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…
Road to Tanzania’s presidential election paved with blood and fear
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
When going home is a risky gamble
Opposition leaders find it hard to fight dictators from abroad, but may place their families in danger when returning home
‘Don’t vote, overthrow the dictators’
Tanzania’s opposition leader, who is again in exile, says ‘instead of telling people to vote, we should be telling them to prepare for popular revolt
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
Bobi Wine presents his presidential credentials
The Ugandan opposition leader believes he is best-placed to lead an opposition coalition