In our briefing today: What you need to know about the 18-08 Ngorongoro Maasai Demonstrations in Tanzania;
ACT-Wazalendo: Local government election will be the ultimate test of Samia’s 4Rs;
2025 Election, Is It Going to be Samia Vs Lissu?
Opposition party CHADEMA, Vice Chairperson Tundu Lissu, has announced that he has informed his party about his intention to run for the presidency of the United Republic of Tanzania through his party.
Upcoming local government election will be the final test for President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s philosophy of the 4Rs (Reconciliation, Resilience, Reforms, and Rebuilding)
The protest is the latest in a series of actions against a government relocation plan aimed at moving 110,000 Maasai from Ngorongoro to Msomera, Sauni, and Kitwai—over 300 kilometers from their current homes.
In our briefing today: Tanzania announces local govt elections amid opposition’s protests against overseeing authorities;
President Samia says the latest reshuffle is about improving efficiency;
PCCB uncovers sabotage in the new electric train;
An open letter to Masanja Kadogosa, Director General of TRC, on the SGR ride and travel experience
Eligible voters will vote for street, village, and hamlet chairpersons and members of their respective consultative councils in elections that aim to transfer power to the people.
In our briefing today: Fourth cabinet reshuffle in 2024: Former ministers return, others dropped, Hamza Johari named new Attorney General of Tanzania;
CHADEMA to take police to court after accusing it of torturing leaders, members: ‘They behaved like thugs’;
Proposal that people offering sexual corruption should also face criminal charges spark outrage in Tanzania: ‘It Ignores the aspect of power and authority’;
Cuba and Tanzania to Collaborate in Various Sectors
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced her fourth cabinet reshuffle this year, marking the fourteenth such change since 2021. The latest reshuffle sees the return of former ministers Palamagamba Kabudi and William Lukuvi to the cabinet, while two other ministers, Angela Kairuki and Ummy Mwalimu, have been removed.
Women’s rights activists fear that far from solving the problem, the provision will make it extremely difficult to prosecute sexual corruption cases and thus deny its victims justice.
The party says it doesn’t take police treatment lightly, and it’ll sue police commissioner Awadh Haji, and deputy party registrar Sisty Nyahoza for civil damages over their role in the torture and abuse against party leaders and members.
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