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Author: Erick Kabendera

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Erick Kabendera

Erick Kabendera is a Tanzanian journalist.

  • Tanzania's President Magufuli has been criticised for authoritarianism and repression. Credit: imke.sta.
    PoliticsTanzania
    By Erick Kabendera
    August 14, 2018
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    Tanzania: The tentative but rising resistance to Magufuli’s repression

    President Magufuli has clamped down hard on various freedoms. But as his popularity plummets and defiance grows, something may have to give. From the moment the ...
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  • PoliticsTanzania
    By Erick Kabendera
    August 16, 2016
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    Tanzania’s President Magufuli: man of the people, man of the party?

    Why the ruling CCM’s new chair might have to start walking back to his car more slowly. It’s possible to tell how influential a member of ...
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  • Politics
    By Erick Kabendera
    October 2, 2014
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    Tanzania: as constitutional reform stalls, Jakaya Kikwete risks losing his legacy – By Erick Kabendera

    Jakaya Kikwete is serving his second and final term as President of Tanzania. Many people here are now wondering what he might be remembered for after ...
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  • Politics
    By Erick Kabendera
    June 16, 2014
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    Zanzibar: CUF populism raises stakes around secession – By Erick Kabendera

    Zanzibar’s politics have never been predictable, but it now seems things may be changing more permanently. Political wrangles that emerged from the current constitutional review process ...
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  • Politics
    By Erick Kabendera
    February 11, 2014
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    In Tanzania, we need to talk about China – By Erick Kabendera

    If Tanzania’s founding father, Julius Nyerere, were still alive today, he would surely be considering withdrawing the speech he gave in 1965 when he was famously ...
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