In our briefing:
TCD Reflects on the 2024 Local Government Elections and the Upcoming October General Election;
DRC’s Strategic Partnership Proposal to the U.S. And the Quest for ‘Right’ Regional Leadership in East Africa;
Restore the Value of Our Vote – A Call for Electoral Reforms in Tanzania; Lissu Faces First Major Test as CHADEMA Pushes ‘No Reforms, No Election’ Stance to Parliamentary Hopefuls
The time for half-measures is over. Let us fight, not just for ourselves, but for a Tanzania where every vote counts again.
Africa’s second longest-ruling party says it does not need the assistance of state apparatuses as it is the only political party in Tanzania with many card-carrying members and it is well-established at the grassroots levels.
In our briefing today:
CHADEMA, ACT Wazalendo Delegations Reportedly Blocked From Entering Angola to Attend a Democracy Summit;
Tanzania Declares End of Marburg Virus Disease in Kagera;
Govt, Unemployed Teachers’ Organisation Agree on Way Forward to Resolve Raised Grievances;
CHADEMA Appoints New Directors and Experts in Major Leadership Reshuffle
In our briefing:
Tanzania’s Proposed TZS 57 Trillion Budget:
Key Spending Priorities for 2025/26; Eastern DRC Crisis: EU Special Representative for the Great Lakes region Johan Borgstam Visits Tanzania for High-Level Talks;
ACT Wazalendo Announces Boycott of Political Parties Council’s Meetings Over the Organ’s ‘Failure’ to Promote Multiparty Democracy in Tanzania
In our briefing: SADC ministers hold emergency meeting on DRC. Heads of State to convene today, March 6;
INEC highlights functionality of new BVR Kit: Runs on android, operates offline and online, and is more portable for efficiency;
‘Be Warned’: ACT Wazalendo will sue personally public officials involved in human rights violations against members, citizens;
When hard work is not enough: Tanzanian women’s struggle against sextortion in the workplace
Regional and district commissioners in Zanzibar are accused of interfering with the voter’s registration exercise, while engaging in “wanton” violation of human rights and principles of natural justice.
The documentary, rich with narratives from small-scale farmers, activists, and policy experts, sparks an engaging discussion on the challenges facing African agriculture and the urgent need for a paradigm shift toward sustainable farming practices.
In our briefing today: CHADEMA launches ‘tone tone’ campaign to boost citizen funding for local politics;
Govt’s Chief Spokesperson Gerson Msigwa defends Samia’s record on democracy, economy;
European Investment Bank backs Africa Finance Corporation $750 million climate resilient infrastructure fund;
ACT-Wazalendo calls on Z’bar’s govt to terminate contract with investor at Malindi’s Port over ‘dismal failures’;
Tanzania’s prosecutors end almost two month-incarceration of govt critic Willibrod Slaa as they drop ‘false information’ charges against him
Slaa was arrested after he claimed that President Samia had spoken with Mbowe to help him secure his position as chairperson of the opposition CHADEMA.
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