Vol 41 No 22 | TANZANIA Wind in the rigging 10th November 2000 Zanzibar's parliamentary and presidential elections were a grim farce. By 7 November, the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) - which also holds power in mainland Tanzania - had been ...
Vol 41 No 19 | TANZANIA Bad timing 29th September 2000 A verdict is expected in the notorious treason trial before the parliamentary elections due on 29 October. The case, having aroused an international scandal, is now forcing the cou...
Vol 41 No 5 | TANZANIA Offshore turbulence 3rd March 2000 The retirement of Zanzibar President Amour solves only one of the islands' problems After months of argument, culminating in President Salmin Amour's threat last month that he was about to 'drop a bombshell', the Zanzibar saga appears to be over, at least for the ...
Vol 40 No 21 | TANZANIA After Mwalimu 22nd October 1999 When Tanzanians stop mourning their Pan-African hero, they will have to work hard to keep the peace he left them Saddened by the death of their founding President, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, in London on 14 October, Tanzanians face a difficult run-up to the elections due next year without his st...
Vol 40 No 11 | TANZANIA Divided republic 28th May 1999 The President is pleasing donors by tackling corruption more resolutely Once again, the two parts of the not-very-United Republic of Tanzania are heading in different political directions. In Zanzibar, a Commonwealth mediator has forged an agreement (A...
Vol 40 No 10 | TANZANIA Island initiative 14th May 1999 A new agreement promises to end the political paralysis in Zanzibar After four years of political stalemate, and three years of hard work by the Commonwealth Secretariat, a new agreement - still not formally signed - lays the groundwork for normali...
Vol 39 No 20 | TANZANIA Gunning for prawns 9th October 1998 A row over a prawn farm and arms supply contract tests government accountability Pressure is mounting on President Benjamin Mkapa to reconsider cabinet approval for a 10,000-hectare prawn farm in East Africa’s biggest expanse of mangrove forest. Most controvers...
Vol 39 No 9 | TANZANIA The China syndrome 1st May 1998 President Mkapa has learned some new lessons from old Chinese masters When Tanzania's founding President, Julius Nyerere, went to China in 1965, he came home and tried to build his country on Chairman Mao Tse Tung's model. The result was economic col...
Vol 38 No 25 | TANZANIA Back to the party 19th December 1997 As in Kenya, the ruling party has strengthened its grip despite multi-partyism The ruling parties in East Africa's former one-party states are thriving. As President Daniel arap Moi's Kenya African National Union looks forward to a thumping victory in preside...
Vol 38 No 11 | TANZANIA Mrema on Marando 23rd May 1997 The country had only one credible party of opposition. Now it has none. The National Convention for Constitution and Reform (NCCR)-Maguezi fell apart in confusion last week. Its in...
