The East African Court of Justice ruled yesterday (March 28) that several sections of Tanzania’s Media Services Act “violate the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community”. …

The tragedy is unspeakable, the acts incomprehensible: eleven children murdered in and around the town of Njombe in the space of a few weeks. There are, it is feared, likely to be more whose bodies have not yet been discovered. Terror now grips the local community. Rumours swirl — more…

Zitto Kabwe at Kisutu Magistrate’s Court, 2/11/2018. Photo from The Citizen “For a citizen, there is no patriotism greater than criticising your country’s government. The bigger patriotism is to defend your country, not the government. Your country.” Zitto Kabwe Zitto Kabwe is different. He seems to lack the restraints that…

Photo by @Nnenna In the opening plenary session of the latest Open Government Partnership summit, one panellist offered his definition of open government: government of the people, by the people and for the people. …

The Economist rarely pays much attention to Tanzania — once or twice a year at best. So when they published not just one but two articles on President Magufuli in a single issue earlier this month, heads turned. The headlines are striking — “Tanzania’s rogue president — Democracy under assault”…