Vol 58 No 5 | TANZANIA Sour fate of sugar project 3rd March 2017 The government claims it wants self-sufficiency in sugar but importers seem once more to have triumphed The demise of the sugar production company Bagamoyo EcoEnergy (BEE) after millions of dollars of investment over ten years is being seen as much as a test of...
Vol 58 No 4 | TANZANIA The untouchable funds 17th February 2017 Frauds uncovered in state pension and other public savings schemes are set to escape President Magufuli's anti-corruption blitz It is looking increasingly likely that President John Magufuli's anti-corruption campaign will steer clear of investigating the abuse of state pension funds, including the National Social Security Fund....
Vol 58 No 1 | TANZANIA The power and the glory 6th January 2017 The President wants industrialisation and will pull out all the stops to achieve it, even at the expense of his anti-corruption crusade The year will be dominated by President John Pombe Magufuli's efforts to reshape Tanzania after ten years of President Jakaya Kikwete's directionless rule. If he is to maintain...
Vol 57 No 23 | TANZANIA The bulldozer's light tread 18th November 2016 President Magufuli is sweeping out corruption but there are some corners the new broom cannot reach Many heads have rolled since President John Pombe Magufuli came to office just over a year ago. Those who have felt the new intolerance of waste and corruption...
Vol 57 No 19 | TANZANIA Push-ups and pushback 23rd September 2016 The President wants to root out corruption and regain control of the economy but bad habits prove hard to break This time last year, John Magufuli was on stage in Karagwe in the north-west doing push-ups before a mass rally of supporters. The idea was to show he...
Vol 57 No 8 | TANZANIA Union at all costs 15th April 2016 The CCM's determination to win the Zanzibar election has undermined stability by leaving the opposition out in the cold President Ali Mohamed Shein begins his second five-year term leading a single party government for Zanzibar and his Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) is the sole occupant of the...
Vol 57 No 7 | TANZANIA Shein's tarnished win 1st April 2016 The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi finally got the electoral victory it wanted in Zanzibar after widespread intimidation, ballot-stuffing and an opposition boycott in the 21 March re-run of...
Vol 56 No 24 | TANZANIA How real the zeal? 4th December 2015 The President has taken some notable scalps over corruption but if his campaign persists, he will face organised high-level resistance Four weeks into President John Pombe Magufuli's new government, many are still scratching their heads. Some see him as a compromise candidate who is dependent on and subservient...
Vol 56 No 23 | TANZANIA Big bad John 20th November 2015 In the fortnight since his swearing in, President John Pombe Magufuli has made his presence widely felt, dropping in unexpectedly at the Ministry of Finance and asking pointed...
Vol 56 No 22 | TANZANIA Zanzibar faces poll re-run 6th November 2015 Although the CCM won two-thirds of votes on the mainland it risks unrest by annulling the election results on the islands The status of Chama cha Mapinduzi as one of the continent's grand old parties was cemented this week. Victory in the presidential and parliamentary polls on 25 October... READ FOR FREE