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A win for freedom of expression in Tanzania!
The East African Court of Justice ruled earlier today (March 28) that several sections of Tanzania’s Media Services Act “violate the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community”. The...
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Covid-19 hits Tanzania
Originally published in Tanzanian Affairs First cases of Covid-19 in Tanzania[Editor’s note: As this is a fast-changing situation, the details provided here are likely to be somewhat out of date by...
View ArticleTanzania’s gamble: Anatomy of a totally novel coronavirus response
Originally published on African Arguments In contrast to most leaders, Magufuli’s main strategies are to limit information, treat fear as the main threat, and keep the economy running. Chapter One of...
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What the models say about Covid-19 in Tanzania
From Africa Centre for Media Excellence, Uganda One of the first casualties of the Coronavirus outbreak in Tanzania has been truth. At this point there is simply no good data on the state of the...
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Smells like trouble? Google searches as a sign of Covid-19
With the continued lack of data on Covid-19 cases and deaths in Tanzania, many have been wondering what other ways there might be to monitor how the outbreak is progressing? Drawing on some work by...
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Julius Nyerere: Development as Rebellion – some thoughts
Development as Rebellion, by Issa Shivji, Saida Yahya-Othman and Ng’wanza Kamata. Published by Mkuki na Nyota. In this 900-page, three-volume work, Issa Shivji, Saida Yahya-Othman and Ng’wanza Kamata...
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Election Day Report No.3 (6pm) from CEMOT #TanzaniaDecides @uchaguziwetu15
UPDATE 11.30PM 25/10/15 The data presented in this post has been updated with a data from a much larger number of polling stations. The new data is presented in another CEMOT brief, and is available in...
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Election Day Report No.4 (9.30pm) from CEMOT #TanzaniaDecides @uchaguziwetu15
These figures come from reports of observers in 5,770 polling stations, collected up to 7.30pm on polling day. The data are preliminary figures, and may be subject to later changes as more observers...
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Election Day Brief No.5 (10am 26/10) from CEMOT #TanzaniaDecides @uchaguziwetu15
These figures come from reports of observers in 5,325 polling stations, collected up to 9.30am on the day after polling day. The data are preliminary figures, and may be subject to later changes as...
View ArticleTanzania Presidential election results, as announced by the National...
As announced by the National Electoral Commission (NEC), earlier today (October 29, 2015): It should be noted that these results are not accepted by the leading opposition candidate, Edward Lowassa of...
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Uhuru na Kazi – Independence and Work
It’s Tanzanian Independence Day, with a difference. President Magufuli has cancelled the usual official celebrations, to save money and focus on a national clean-up exercise instead. From various...
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Has Tanzania passed “peak freedom”? Or is the latest Freedom House rating a...
Tanzania’s freedom rating has dropped. The latest annual report by Freedom House on political rights and civil liberties around the world showed that Tanzania’s score dropped from 3.0 to 3.5. It’s may...
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Corruption and freedom – is there a correlation?
The charts I have shared recently – last week on the Corruption Perceptions Index and this week on the Freedom House Freedom Rating – got me thinking: is there a correlation between corruption and...
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Mwangosi verdict leaves a lot of questions, and a bitter taste
A court in Iringa today sentenced police officer Pacifius Simon to 15 years imprisonment for the manslaughter of journalist Daud Mwangosi in September 2012. In one sense, this brings the case to a...
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dot-com, dot-org or dot-tz? What does Tanzanian law say?
Maxence Melo charge sheet #3 The recent arrest of digital media entrepreneur Maxence Melo of JamiiForums.com raises serious questions and concerns about freedom of speech, but one relatively minor...
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Dear Chambi: don’t stop blogging, your voice is needed
from Nipashe, Dec 1, 2016 Dear Chambi, I hope you don’t mind me writing you a public letter like this. But it feels like the most appropriate way of saying what I want to say. Because your decision to...
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