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  • A fish market on Lake Victoria in Mukuno District, central Uganda. Credit: RTI International/Katie G. Nelson.
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    Lake Victoria locals blame companies for mysterious mass fish die-offs

    By Nangayi Guyson
    May 11, 2022
    Governments blame a range of factors for tonnes of dead fish washing up. Local fisherman and environment officers blame polluting industries. Richard Wandukwa, a ...
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    Podcast: Deciphering disinformation in Africa

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    Welcome to the latest episode of the Into Africa podcast created in partnership with African Arguments. Into Africa is a fortnightly podcast series by the Center for Strategic & International ...
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  • east africa pipeline Okecha Cibojo, a farmer in Nyamtai village, Kikuube District in Western region of Uganda standing by CNOOC beacons marking the route of a feeder pipeline for Kingfisher project. Credit: Maina Waruru.
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    By Maina Waruru
    April 21, 2021
    People along the route of the proposed 1,443 km oil pipeline talk of confusion, uncertainty and lives on hold. Following the recent signing of ...
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    Tanzania has a female president. Does it have a feminist president?

    By Khalifa Said
    April 8, 2021
    The late Magufuli had open contempt for women. President Suluhu has the power and political capital to change course. Following the shock of President ...
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    Podcast: COVID-19 – What’s next for Tanzania?

    By SciDevNet
    April 2, 2021
    Welcome to the latest episode of the Africa Science Focus podcast distributed in partnership with African Arguments. Africa Science Focus is a weekly podcast series by SciDevNet and is ...
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  • President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania died on 17 March 2021, aged 61. Credit: Paul Kagame. death
    Editor's PicksPoliticsTanzania

    Dear John, I forgive you

    By Elsie Eyakuze
    March 23, 2021
    Death has robbed us of the leader you might have become if our prayers had been answered. Dear John, Do you remember the first ...
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  • elections. A man waits in a hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania. Credit: Edith Macha.
    PoliticsTanzaniaTop story

    How COVID-19 became a non-issue in Tanzania’s elections

    By Robert Macdonald
    February 25, 2021
    The pandemic neither affected the running of the October 2020 elections nor was it an issue on the campaign trail. Why? When Tanzania discovered ...
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  • two school girls stand outside a shop in Arusha, Tanzania, with framed photos of Julius Nyerere displayed. Credit: Jaclynn Ashly.
    PoliticsTanzaniaTop story

    Tanzania: Remembering ujamaa, the good, the bad and the buried

    By Jaclynn Ashly
    December 17, 2020
    Julius Nyerere and his African socialist policies are regarded with great pride in Tanzania, but not by all who experienced them first-hand. Ali Hassan ...
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  • The swearing in of President John Magufuli for his first term after the Tanzania elections in 2015. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    PoliticsTanzaniaTop story

    Tanzania’s election results are predictable. What happens next is not

    By Ben Taylor
    October 27, 2020
    If there were a level playing field, there’s every reason to believe the election would be highly competitive. But that is not the case. ...
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  • An October election rally held by ACT-Wazalendo, one of Tanzania's leading opposition parties along with Chadema. Credit: ACT-Wazalendo.
    PoliticsTanzaniaTop story

    Could the opposition really secure a shock victory in Tanzania’s election?

    By Dastan Kweka
    October 6, 2020
    Having suppressed the usual channels for expressing grievances, would President Magufuli know if he was unpopular before it’s too late? For many political observers, ...
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