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Tanzania Elections 2025: Actors, Prospects, Risks, and Foreign Influence

Tanzania heads toward general elections in 2025 with the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) strongly favored but facing a more competitive environment than in 2020. President Samia Suluhu Hassan has…

October 3, 2025Tanzania

Corruption Democracy Governance

Tanzanian government continues to terror Maasai people

Tanzania's government is forcibly relocating Indigenous Maasai residents from their homes and ancestral lands in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). Before further relocations are planned or carried out, the Tanzanian authorities…

July 31, 2024maasai, Tanzania, UAE

Conflict Geoeconomics Geopolitics

Tanzania and Malawi are on the brink of a diplomatic standoff

Tanzania and Malawi are on the brink of a diplomatic standoff following Dodoma's decision to commence the upgrade of Mbamba Bay Port, situated on the shores of Lake Malawi. Lilongwe…

April 17, 2024Malawi, Tanzania

Democracy Governance

Analysis of Tanzania’s Election Law Revisions

The Tanzania government, has proposed amendments to election laws. However, Political parties in Tanzania are not amused with the proposed changes to electoral laws. However, the first tabling in Parliament of the National Electoral…

January 9, 2024Tanzania

Democracy Governance

The constitutional reform as a reason for optimism about the future of democracy in Tanzania

For Tanzania to realise real and sustainable democracy, a new constitution is necessary. President Samia Suluhu Hassan took over as the country's first-ever women president two years ago, changing the Tanzanian…

May 17, 2023Tanzania

Democracy ecology

Maasai under pressure over foreign tourists and corrupt Tanzanian government

Tanzanian government is pushed by foreign actors to evict ethnic Maasai that can result in humanitarian crisis and violations of human rights. Tanzania’s government has prepared a land use model…

June 17, 2022maasai, Tanzania

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