
Tanzania’s Catholic Church Denies Issuing Peace Statement Amid Pre-Election Heat
The Tanzania Episcopal Conference has disavowed a statement calling for peace that was circulating online, as tensions rise ahead of the October 29 general election.

The Tanzania Episcopal Conference has disavowed a statement calling for peace that was circulating online, as tensions rise ahead of the October 29 general election.

Samia used her example, citing that people did not believe her in the beginning

CCM stalwarts underscored that the forthcoming October 29 elections would be conducted peacefully.

INEC has suspended the Siha parliamentary election after the death of CUF candidate Daud Wilbard Ntuyehabi.

The court session was dominated by Tundu Lissu’s procedural challenges and the prosecution’s first witness, whose testimony he immediately contested as irrelevant.

Speaking at a CCM presidential campaign rally in Arusha on October 2, 2025, the party’s Ideology, Publicity, and Training Secretary, Kenani Kihongosi, warned young people against being swayed by calls to unrest.

Despite constitutional equality and a 2030 gender parity goal, women in places like Pemba Island face a starkly different reality.

Electoral authorities defends special polling stations for security personnel and officials, while ACT-Wazalendo alleges the procedure could enable fraud.

Kawaida, addressing reporters in Tanga on Monday, September 29, 2025 accused Archbishop Pisa of making ‘divisive’ statements, contrary to the role of religious leaders as unifiers of the nation.

Zanzibar’s electoral commission suspends polls; political parties halt campaigns in a show of respect.
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