- Vol 54 No 4
- 15th February 2013
Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera is complaining about what he calls ‘harassment’ of his elderly parents by the country’s immigration and security officials. In November, he gave testimony in the High Court in London in the Reginald Mengi libel case. ...
- Vol 54 No 1
- 11th January 2013
As multinational companies start bidding for gas assets, the governing CCM is desperate to halt the slide in its popularity
- Vol 53 No 25
- 14th December 2012
Reginald Mengi, a Tanzanian media tycoon who is a friend and backer of President Jakaya Kikwete, has been ordered to pay £1.2 million (US$1.94 mn.) towards the legal costs of British investor Sarah Hermitage, after he lost his libel action against her in ...
- Vol 53 No 24
- 30th November 2012
Islamist-inspired violence is accelerating, alongside growing separatist sentiment as a crucial deal on oil exploration is reached
- Vol 53 No 24
- 30th November 2012
Zanzibar’s President Ali Mohamed Shein and national President Jakaya Kikwete reached ‘agreement in principle’ on 25 October that Zanzibar could manage its own oil and gas industry, said Mohamed Aboud Mohamed, Zanzibar’s Minister in Charge of Union Affairs...
- Vol 53 No 23
- 16th November 2012
The two sides will return to the table to settle an old dispute
- Vol 53 No 18
- 7th September 2012
Estimates of the offshore deposits are now so vast that there is major concern that bribery will affect the next round of bidding
- Vol 53 No 16
- 3rd August 2012
The trial for theft of Tanzania's former Ambassador in Rome, Costa Ricky Mahalu, has been postponed to 9 August. The alleged offence was committed in 2002 and charges were first brought in 2006. The prosecution claims that when Mahalu purchased a new emb...
- Vol 53 No 13
- 22nd June 2012
The shock government audit and cabinet reshuffle prompt a push for major change in the energy sector
- Vol 53 No 13
- 22nd June 2012
Prior to Sospeter Muhongo’s appointment, the conventional wisdom in Dodoma was that an ambitious young Chama cha Mapinduzi member of parliament, January Makamba, would get outgoing Energy and Minerals Minister William Ngeleja’s job.