Tag: Magufuli
ISS: Can Samia Suluhu Hassan make a clean break from Magufuli?
Tanzania’s new president seems to be steering the country back towards democracy, but consolidating power won’t be easy.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan is set to...
ISS: Filling Magufuli’s big shoes – or scrapping them
Can Tanzania’s new President Samia Suluhu Hassan emerge from her predecessor’s deep shadow?
Tanzania’s controversial President John Magufuli was officially declared dead on 17 March...
Tanzania’s opposition candidate calls election a ‘travesty’
Tanzania’s leading opposition presidential candidate on Thursday asked countries around the world not to recognise the eventual results of an election held the previous...
Tanzania president Magufuli seeks second term as polls open
Tanzanians headed to the polls on Wednesday for presidential and parliamentary elections that President John Magufuli hopes will hand him another five-year term despite...
Tanzania inks deal to buy two passenger planes from Airbus
Tanzania has signed a contract with Airbus for the European plane-maker to supply two passenger jets for the country’s national airline to help expand...
Tanzania government granted sweeping powers over political parties
Tanzania’s parliament passed amendments to legislation giving sweeping powers to a government-appointed registrar over political parties, a move opposition legislators see cementing “one-party rule”.
President...
Senior Tanzanian officials dismissed
Tanzanian President John Magufuli sacked two senior officials after they failed to recall immediately how much money was allocated by government in...
Tanzania shuts down another “days numbered” newspaper
Tanzania's government closed a critical newspaper for the second time in three months, banning the weekly MwanaHalisi for two years after accusing...
Magufuli critic wounded in shooting
Tanzanian opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu, a fierce critic of President John Magufuli's government, was seriously wounded in a gun attack on Thursday,...
Tanzanian information minister sacked
Tanzania President John Magufuli sacked the country's information minister on Thursday, the first cabinet change since taking office in late 2015.
Magufuli, nicknamed...
Tanzanian security forces told to target drug traffickers
President John Magufuli told Tanzania's security forces on Monday to crack down on the drugs trade and said no one should be...
Tanzanian president warns press over dissent
Tanzanian President John Magufuli said the "days were numbered" for newspapers deemed to incite dissent, comments that will add to opposition concern...
