DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 11 | TANZANIA Lifting media curbs points to President's growing confidence 19th May 2022 With President Samia Suluhu Hassan set to run for another term, she has been making friends with journalists Journalists and media houses were repeatedly targeted in clampdowns under President John Magufuli as the government's security organisations tried to limit dissent and undermine the opposition. This left... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 7 | TANZANIA Exiles return and investors take a look a year after Magufuli's death 21st March 2022 President Hassan's cautious political and economic reforms are winning support but the ruling party cabal retains key powers Tundu Lissu, Vice-President of the opposition Chadema party, is to return to Tanzania from exile in Belgium a week after Chadema leader Freeman Mbowe was released from prison... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 6 | TANZANIA Freeing of opposition leader Mbowe reopens political arena 7th March 2022 Gradually and cautiously, President Samia Hassan is ending the country's grim authoritarian era With the release of Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe on 4 March the authorities have moved a step closer to restoring some democratic freedoms that were supressed under... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 6 | TANZANIA Barrick in the dock 17th March 2022 A group of seven Tanzanians will have their day in the High Court in London on 17 March when subsidiaries of Canada-based Barrick Gold face allegations of unlawful...
Vol 63 No 5 | TANZANIA The big release 3rd March 2022 The release of 23 men detained on terrorism charges suggests a shift in the country's counter-terrorism strategy.
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 4 | TANZANIA An eye on elections, President Hassan sidelines a challenger 7th February 2022 Job Ndugai ousted as parliamentary speaker after he criticised government's debt strategy as threatening sovereignty President Samia Suluhu Hassan is shoring up her position in an early bid to win the ruling party's nomination in the 2025 elections. Last month she ensured the... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 3 | TANZANIA Communications breakdown 3rd February 2022 Tanzania's Energy Minister, January Makamba, continued his attempt to rejuvenate the power sector by announcing a clear-out of all the staff of the troubled power utility Tanzanian Electricity...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 1 | TANZANIA Hassan mends some fences with the opposition 4th January 2022 Balancing support from the ruling CCM against the need for reform, President Samia faces a test case President Samia Suluhu Hassan's attempts to restore some democratic rights without alienating supporters of her predecessor John Magufuli are bearing some fruit. But her reform credentials may depend... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 22 | TANZANIA Makamba plans power reforms, aiming for the presidency 2nd November 2021 Electricity prices are set to rise as the new energy minister restructures the state power company and tries to revive the stalled gas export project New energy minister, January Makamba, has long been tipped as a future president of the united republic, so his bold plans for the energy sector are winning political...
Vol 62 No 20 | TANZANIA Placing faith in future coal 6th October 2021 Although the government has signed up to multiple climate change commitments, coal-mining is set to grow A slew of major projects backed by Chinese official finance ran into the sand during the presidency of John Magufuli, and President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been trying...