The meeting comes as the country has engaged a lobbying firm to ease diplomatic pressure from the U.S following election crackdown incidents
As Tanzania reflects on his passing, figures from all sides praise Mtei’s integrity and courage in the struggle for political freedom.
Just weeks after his arrest, the ex-minister’s passports were seized at the border. His lawyers say it’s a clear breach of constitutional rights.
The announcement comes as CHADEMA marks its 33rd anniversary week, culminating on January 21, 2026, the date the party received its permanent registration certificate on January 21, 1993, one year after Tanzania reintroduced multiparty politics.
The Chanzo Morning Briefing Tanzania News —January 20, 2026
In our briefing today: Families Describe Burying Clothes of Loved Ones Shot in Tanzania’s Election Protest Crackdown After Bodies Went Missing from Hospitals;
Edwin Mtei, Founder of CHADEMA and Tanzania’s First Central Bank Governor, Dies at 93;
Canada Must Seize the Moment and Forge a Commonwealth Free Trade Powerhouse.
Speaking to commission members on Monday, January 19, 2026, several families reported seeing the bodies of their loved ones, only for them to later disappear from hospitals.
According to her brother, Nassor Idd Nassor, she had been diagnosed with a minor heart condition that deteriorated suddenly overnight.
In our briefing today: Tanzania’s Main Opposition Party CHADEMA Warns Rape and Sexual Harassment Are Being Used as Weapons of Political Repression;
CCM Spokespersons Take On Activist Over Election Protest Killings Reaction, Criticize Judge Warioba for Speaking Openly;
Parliament Mourns the Death of Special Seats MP Halima Idd Nassor;
‘Flawed Process’: ACT Wazalendo Takes Electoral Commission to Court Over Special Seat Allocation
Kihongosi questioned why Warioba spoke to the press immediately after visiting the State House
A landmark case questioning the fairness of INEC’s special seat allocation moves forward, testing judicial independence and electoral integrity.
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