Tanzania: Zanzibar Opposition Leader In Washington To Explain Political Situation
The leader of Zanzibar’s opposition Civic United Front (CUF) party said strong opposition political parties and a truly independent electoral commissions are needed to be able to defeat incumbent presidents. Seif Shariff Hamad also says Africans must ensure that the army and all other security forces are kept out of politics because too often they […]
Tanzania: UK at Crossroads Over Aid to Dar es Salaam
The UK government was under pressure on Saturday to review aid worth £200 million (about Sh 433.6 billion) to Tanzania in protest of the manner in which the Zanzibar election was conducted. A former Cabinet minister in the British government warned against “spraying money around” simply to ensure that Britain kept the United Nations target […]
ANALYSIS: Zanzibar Votes Again, but What Next?
The results from Zanzibar’s election re-run on 20 March are a foregone conclusion. But what happens next is not. Here are 5 possibilities. In the aftermath of Tanzania’s October 2015 elections, the respective fates of the mainland and the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar could not have been more different. Dr John Magufuli secured a clear […]
Tanzania: Govt Urged to Punish Men Who Impregnate Schoolgirls
Mwanza — Government has been urged to punish men who impregnate female students to serve as a deterrent to would be culprits. The appeal was made here Sunday by 17-year-old Julieth Mbalilaki, one of the 10 girls who excelled in last year’s Form IV examinations. Julieth is the first born of the Jones Mbalilaki family […]
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