DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 19 | TANZANIA Samia’s tactical electoral concession 15th September 2025 By allowing an opponent to stand, the government may be looking to reduce international criticism Tanzania’s presidential election is set to become slightly more competitive after the High Court ordered that Luhaga Mpina of the ACT Wazalendo party should be allowed to submit... READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 17 | TANZANIAWHO'S WHO Tanzania’s climate czar Richard Muyungi 29th August 2025 African unity – alongside climate solutions and access to adaptation finance – will top the agenda at the second Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa, which runs from...
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 14 | TANZANIA President Hassan tightens her party grip 7th July 2025 Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa will not seek re-election in October President Samia Suluhu Hassan appears to be consolidating her control of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party after Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa became the latest senior official... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 11 | KENYATANZANIA Hassan intensifies crackdown with torture of Kenyan and Ugandan activists 27th May 2025 Boniface Mwangi was held for four days before being dumped at the border The detention and torture of Boniface Mwangi, one of Kenya’s most prominent civil society activists, is the latest move by President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s increasingly authoritarian government. Hassan... READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 11 | TANZANIAWHO'S WHO President Hassan turns bulldozer 30th May 2025 President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s tenure, once praised for its democratic reforms, has taken a sharp authoritarian turn. After initially reversing some of the repressive policies of her predecessor,...
Vol 66 No 10 | TANZANIAUGANDAOIL AND GAS Museveni’s $4 billion refinery threatens East African oil pipeline 14th May 2025 Kampala has secured investors in the refinery and the 1,400 kilometre pipeline – but are they both viable? At the centre of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s 20-year ambition for Uganda to become the leading energy supplier across East Africa is the plan to build a refinery...
Vol 66 No 9 | TANZANIAEAST AFRICA Karua takes on the autocrats 2nd May 2025 Veteran Kenyan politician Martha Karua is spearheading a campaign against the suppression of opposition parties in East Africa. Ahead of Tundu Lissu’s court appearance on 24 April, the...
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 8 | TANZANIA Banning opposition leader Tundu Lissu from elections confirms Samia’s authoritarian shift 14th April 2025 Securocrats in the ruling CCM don’t want to risk a free vote this year despite a stronger economy Charging opposition leader Tundu Lissu with treason and banning him from this year’s election shows that President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s opening of Tanzania’s political space has ended. Calls... READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 3 | TANZANIAWHO'S WHO Newsmaker: Lissu rages against the CCM machine 7th February 2025 After seizing control of the opposition Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) party, Tundu Lissu now faces the gargantuan task of taking on President Samia Suluhu Hassan and...
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 2 | KENYATANZANIA Activists’ kidnapping highlights police campaign of repression 14th January 2025 The abduction of a Tanzanian campaigner, assaulted by unknown assailants in Nairobi, reinforces concerns about a spate of extraordinary renditions The kidnapping and subsequent release hours later of the Tanzanian political activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai in Nairobi is the latest in a chilling series of abductions involving the... READ FOR FREE