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Tanzania

Population: 39.5 million
GNI: $13400 million
Debt: $6200 million
Overview: Pressure grows President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete to act decisively against corrupt politicians and officials as economic management problems persist. Kikwete will reshuffle his cabinet, including perhaps Premier Edward Lowassa.

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  • Vol 47 No 14
  • 07/07/2006

Zanzibar: the islands are quiet for now

Zanzibar has been tranquil since the fiercely fought elections of October 2005 and many find that surprising. After the 2000 polls, some 30 people were killed in widespread riots. Each time the opposition CUF complained that the governing CCM party had ...

  • Vol 46 No 24
  • 02/12/2005

Privatisation flood

The ideology that has taken over Western utilities spreads in Africa

  • Vol 46 No 22
  • 04/11/2005

Armed and dangerous

Voting in Zanzibar was again rigged by the ruling party and its security forces

  • Vol 46 No 21
  • 21/10/2005

Island story

Support is growing for the opposition Civic United Front (CUF) in Zanzibar ahead of the 30 October national elections, amidst a growing military presence on the islands with reports of random beatings of CUF supporters.

  • Vol 46 No 19
  • 23/09/2005

All eyes on the islands

With the ruling party certain to win the mainland, Zanzibar will see a delicate balance

  • Vol 46 No 19
  • 23/09/2005

Kikwete opts for continuity

The candidate of the governing Chama cha Mapinduzi for the presidency of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, has been conducting a vigorous campaign all over the country and is being well received; he appeals especially strongly to the younger generation. Howeve...

  • Vol 46 No 12
  • 10/06/2005

Watergate, the sequel

A controversial US$143.5 million project to commercialise Tanzania's water and sewage system has ended in acrimony and political embarrassment for the World Bank and the British government which jointly funded it. The project, launched in February 2003, ...

  • Vol 46 No 10
  • 13/05/2005

Storm warning

The national presidency seems safe for Kikwete but Zanzibar remains uneasy

  • Vol 46 No 7
  • 01/04/2005

Finding the new Mwalimu

The real presidential contest is for nomination by the still ruling party, Chama cha Mapinduzi

  • Vol 46 No 7
  • 01/04/2005

Presidential race

There has never been such a fight for the presidential nomination since Tanzania opened up to multi-party politics in 1994

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