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- Vol 51 No 7
- 02/04/2010
A vote about corruption
Amid corruption concerns, a power struggle is growing within the governing party
- Vol 51 No 7
- 02/04/2010
The front line of politics
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, fourth President of Tanzania, has deep roots in both the ever-governing Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the armed forces. His first challenge as he ends his term is to maintain the unity of his split-prone party; his second is to ...
- Vol 51 No 7
- 02/04/2010
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Blatant corruption could jeopardise substantial aid funds for Tanzania's government. About a third of its 2009/10 budget of 9.51 trillion Tanzanian shillings (US$7.29 billion) comes from cheap loans and grants from governments and multilateral institut...
- Vol 51 No 5
- 05/03/2010
BAE Systems refunds fraud
BAE Systems could face another round of legal problems on its arms contracts in Africa, Eastern Europe and Saudi Arabia following an injunction obtained by British lobbyists Corner House on 3 March to freeze the company’s US$450 million plea-bargain deal ...
- Vol 51 No 4
- 19/02/2010
Protection in the arms bazaar
A plea bargain deal in the UK and USA has set back investigations into arms trade crookery in South Africa and Tanzania
- Vol 50 No 25
- 18/12/2009
Tarnished halo
This once-favoured destination for aid and investment is now struggling with financial scandals and budget shortfalls
- Vol 50 No 25
- 18/12/2009
Banking on it
The credibility of the Tanzanian government's reform drive depends mostly on the Governor of the Bank of Tanzania, Benno Ndulu. The country is suffering both from a financial meltdown, which the government initially underplayed, and from a half-hearted...
- Vol 50 No 13
- 26/06/2009
Kikwete's bailout package
Tanzania, the second largest of the big-three members of the East African Community, has presented a budget with a bullish message designed to spend its way out of the global economic crisis. At 31%, the overall budget increase is the largest in the EA...
- Vol 50 No 2
- 23/01/2009
Guards for sale
Young Tanzanians conscripted for their military National Service may find themselves doing commercial security work. The government says it wants to reduce youth unemployment and increase competition in the private security sector. It also hopes to br...
- Vol 49 No 24
- 28/11/2008
Corruption credentials
Tanzania’s judges have piles of files to read over the Christmas holiday. A flurry of former ministers, high-profile businessmen and ex-employees of the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) were in court in November as prosecutors finally acted on information from anti...
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