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  • Two young fishermen repair their nets sitting on their dug out canoe. Tanga, Tanzania.
    EconomySocietyTanzaniaTop story

    “Kids tell us it’s pointless”: Tanga’s hidden histories of land and sea

    By Thembi Mutch
    November 23, 2022
    Through years of conversation, rarely heard stories of hope, regret and resilience – which destabilise typical development tropes – emerged. Speak to the people ...
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  • A scam text received in Tanzania persuading the receiver to contact a ‘witchdoctor’ in order to obtain wealth, academic success, and love attraction. These scams are sometimes accompanied by fabricated testimonies. Credit: Mweha Msemo.
    SocietyTanzaniaTop story

    “Gone like it was nothing”: The irrepressible rise of mobile scams

    By Mweha Msemo
    October 25, 2022
    Despite Tanzania making SIM card registration mandatory, people still receive daily texts from fraudsters trying to trick them into sending money. Out of the ...
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  • #StopEACOP TotalEnergies Uganda Tanzania
    Climate crisisTanzaniaTop storyUganda

    The bold campaign to defund the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

    By Sophie Neiman
    June 22, 2022
    Activists have convinced 20 big banks not to finance the controversial oil project leaving its fate in the balance. This February, the heads of ...
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  • A fish market on Lake Victoria in Mukuno District, central Uganda. Credit: RTI International/Katie G. Nelson.
    Climate crisisKenyaTanzaniaUganda

    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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  • Into Africa PodcastSocietyTanzania

    Podcast: Deciphering disinformation in Africa

    By Into Africa
    May 4, 2021
    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.
    Climate crisisEditor's PicksKenyaTanzania

    “My house is crumbling”: Living in limbo along the East Africa pipeline

    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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  • Will President Samia Suluhu Hassan address gender inequality in Tanzania?
    SocietyTanzania

    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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  • Africa Science Focus PodcastCovid-19Tanzania

    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.
    PoliticsTanzania

    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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