THIS year’s general election in Tanzania was a sham, the Tanzania Elections Watch (TEW) has concluded. TEW is a regional observers’ panel comprising eminent persons formed to monitor the...
Tag: Tanzania Election 2020
WITH widespread irregularities, the election is already rigged, but Tanzanians are taking part as a sign of protest against a dictatorship they are bent on defeating, anyway. The most...
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Tanzanians circumvent draconian laws to resist Internet shutdown on election day
THE government of Tanzania shut down Internet on the eve of the general election, in an obvious attempt to facilitate the rigging of the election, but the people quickly...
NASSOR Mazrui, a senior leader of Zanzibar’s main opposition party, ACT-Wazalendo, has been raided and kidnapped by security forces this morning. The incident took place as Mazrui was heading...
TANZANIA’s main opposition party, CHADEMA, has officially endorsed Seif Shariff Hamad for the presidency of Zanzibar. Hamad vies on the ACT-Wazalendo ticket, but CHADEMA said it was withdrawing its...
THREE weeks ago, Tanzania’s President John Magufuli promised heaven on earth by telling the international community that he was committed to ensuring a free and fair election in October...