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Tanzania
Population: 41.3 mn.
GDP: 22.5 bn.
Debt: 2.6 bn.
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The CCM old guard battles with the Samwel Sitta faction for the soul of the party as Chadema makes its challenge more credible. Major oil and gas investments are in store as electricity supplies improve.

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  • Vol 48 No 14
  •  6th July 2007

Economics of the sieve

Millions of dollars in revenue from natural resources slip past the government's coffers due to smuggling, a lack of administrative capacity and collusion with politicians. No less than 90% of Tanzania's timber exports to China went untaxed, due to corrup...

  • Vol 48 No 11
  •  25th May 2007

Grounded

Praising the government's private sector growth initiatives earlier this year at the prestigious United States' Yale University, East Africa tycoon Reginald Mengi stressed the need to be 'careful' when choosing a local partner.

  • Vol 47 No 14
  •  7th July 2006

Zero tolerance, so far

The new President is pleasing the people with a crackdown on crime and corruption

  • Vol 47 No 14
  •  7th July 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 fi...

  • Vol 46 No 24
  •  2nd December 2005

Privatisation flood

The ideology that has taken over Western utilities spreads in Africa

  • Vol 46 No 22
  •  4th November 2005

Armed and dangerous

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

  • Vol 46 No 21
  •  21st October 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
  •  23rd September 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
  •  23rd September 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. However, ...

  • Vol 46 No 12
  •  10th June 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, w...

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