Tanzania

After the tightly contested elections in Tanzania, there must be different thoughts running through the minds of the people of Tanzania. Besides, citizens of other Afrikan countries must be left wondering, ‘is there democracy in Tanzania?’

Well, the 2015 elections for Tanzania mainland are finally done. Of course, much cannot be said for the Island of Zanzibar (Including Pemba). It is not yet finally clear how things are going to go on that side.

1 November 2015

We, as concerned scholars of Zanzibar, write to express our dismay at recent events following the elections of 25 October 2015.

28 October 2015

A High Court ruling, handed down today, against a Maasai community from Northern Tanzania, is deeply disappointing, says Minority Rights Group International (MRG).

Tanzania is often portrayed as an African success story of state and nation-building, surrounded by nervy neighbours like Kenya whose 2008 post-election violence left an indelible scar on its political conscience; or Uganda, South Sudan, and more recently Pierre Nkuruzinza’s Burundi, all of which

INTRODUCTION

All three major political parties in Tanzania today have militias. For the ruling party, CCM [Chama cha Mapinduzi, Party of the Revolution), that phenomenon isn`t new.

[NOTE: This was a Keynote Address to the Gender Festival organized by the Tanzania Gender Networking Group in September, 2003. Shivji is grateful to Natasha Shivji for reading and commenting on the draft.">

SOUL-SEARCHING

It is great news when the youth declare their desire to take leadership roles.