Dan Paget

Author: Dan Paget

Dr Dan Paget is an academic studying political communication, rallies, discourse, ground campaigns and parties in Tanzania. He is based at the Department of Political Science, University College London.

Politics Tanzania Top story

By Dan Paget
November 15, 2019
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Why Tanzania’s local elections are more important than they might seem

Tanzania’s local elections are an important prequel to the 2020 national elections – in more ways than one. Last week, Tanzania’s leading opposition parties announced that ...

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Politics Tanzania

By Dan Paget
November 6, 2017
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2 years on: Tanzania’s Magufuli isn’t a bulldozer. He’s a magician.

President John Magufuli hasn’t just “pushed through” change. He’s achieved things that were considered all but impossible two years ago. The inauguration of John Pombe Magufuli ...

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Economy Politics Tanzania

By Dan Paget
July 17, 2017
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Tanzania: Magufuli’s mining reforms are a masterclass in political manoeuvring

Whether his moves in the mining sector work or not, President Magufuli knows what he is doing. Ever since his election in 2015, Tanzania’s President John ...

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