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Tanzania
Population: 65.23m
GDP: $79.61bn
Debt: 46.1% of GDP (2024)

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Opposition cries foul over latest brutal attack and poll rigging

A senior Chadema party official was abducted and beaten before being dumped in a forest a month after the kidnapping and murder of another of the party’s leaders

The crackdown on Tanzania’s opposition continues ahead of November’s local elections. On Monday, the opposition Chadema party reported that Aisha Machano, its women’s wing publicity secretary, had been...

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Back to bulldozer politics

Without spelling out her plan to seek election next year, President Samia is cracking down on opponents and rivals in the ruling party

The arrests of hundreds of opposition leaders and activists planning to attend rallies marking International Youth Day, suggests that the spirit of former President John Magufuli lives on...

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Wave of arrests points to pre-election crackdown

Opposition leaders Tundu Lissu and hundreds of supporters were among those detained

The arrest and detention of hundreds of opposition leaders and supporters on 11 August, ahead of a planned rally to mark International Youth Day on 12 August, suggests...

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Arusha comes to the rescue

Tanzania’s NFRA plans to export 1 million tonnes of corn to neighbours facing shortages following droughts

Tanzania’s National Food Reserve Agency has agreed to sell 650,000 tonnes of corn to Zambia over the next eight months as Lusaka counts the costs of the drought...

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Pipeline to nowhere

Two years after the final investment decision to construct the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) was taken, the US$5 billion project is limping on to an uncertain...

Nation mourns the 'nearly man' Lowassa

Despite his burning ambition the late Edward Lowassa was ever the bridesmaid and never the bride, but his career exemplified national politics

Edward Lowassa, who has died aged 70, was a close friend, confidant and ally of ex-President Jakaya Kikwete who spent a fortune advancing his prospects and embracing any...

The return of the hard men

President Samia won praise for mitigating her predecessor's authoritarianism, but his loyalists are on the march again and she is accommodating them

The outspoken Paul Makonda, who has just been appointed to a key ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) post, is fast emerging as the leader of a new dawn...

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