Thursday 24 September: Twaweza’s Executive Director, Aidan Eyakuze, has been elected the Civil Society Co-Chair of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). His term as Lead Co-Chair alongside the Government of Italy will begin in late 2021. Until then, and in collaboration with the Government of Italy, he will support the...
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INVESTIGATIVE journalist Erick Kabendera is behind bars and denied bail as he faces criminal charges for doing journalism. The journalist whose citizenship police said was a reason for his...
THE government of Tanzania has summoned a US diplomat over a security alert on the Embassy’s Twitter account that was warning US citizens of impending attacks in some parts...
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Opposition wins election in DR Congo. Tshisekedi to be declared next president
FOR the first time since independence, the opposition has been declared winner in DR Congo’s general election, with Felix Tshisekedi expected to become the next president, according to provisional...
FOR 18 years consecutively, the misery inflicted upon journalists worldwide has been on the rise. If you want to know countries where the most journalists were jailed or killed...
ON the same day the EU Parliament issued a strong resolution against Tanzania’s growing dictatorship, members of the United States Senate also released a letter showing concerns over the...
THE European Parliament has made a strong resolution on Tanzania, calling for holistic reforms that would see the East African country ending impunity and getting back to its democratic...
CIVIC United Front (CUF) Secretary General and Former Zanzibar Vice President, Seif Sharrif Hamad, is in Dakar, Senegal, attending a two-day 62nd Liberal International Congress
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EU reviews relations with Tanzania citing deteriorating human rights, Magufuli’s undue pressure on foreign diplomats
THE European Union (EU) is reviewing its diplomatic relations with Tanzania due to an increasing deterioration of human rights situation in the East African country. Earlier diplomatic efforts to...
WRITING from Tienen, Belgium, on Sunday November 4th, 2018, Member of Parliament Tundu Lissu, currently undergoing treatment in Belgium, has called on the government of Tanzania to come clean...