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.
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
In their joint statement, CHADEMA regional chairpersons called on human rights bodies to take joint action to investigate allegations of sexual torture and harassment and to pursue legal cases.
Tanzanian supermodel halts major tourism documentary, demanding justice for protest crackdown victims.
A Tanzanian activist emerges after being disappeared – only to have his social media silenced by the state for a year, in a secretive court hearing.
After a lifetime of being silenced, a new generation is shifting from dreams of escape to demands for justice. Can the old system survive their call?
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