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Tanzania candidate may help to unify ruling party

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TANZANIA

Given CCM's political dominance, Magufuli is in a secure position to be elected as Tanzania's next president. President Jakaya Kikwete is due to step down after two five-year…

Centralising power in Tanzania may signal weakness

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TANZANIA

While Magufuli's trip will focus on regional relations, there is a growing impression at home -- championed by Tanzanian opposition parties -- that his government is becoming…

African elections face contrasting COVID-19 challenges

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AFRICA

There is international precedent for this, after the United Kingdom postponed its local elections. However, although Chad and Ethiopia have delayed their polls, no other…

Mozambique-Tanzania border insecurity likely to worsen

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MOZAMBIQUE/TANZANIA

The attacks successfully targeted the Tanzanian armed forces, as well as civilians. The incidents have prompted the announcement of enhanced collaboration on security between the…

Social media will be key Nigerian poll battleground

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NIGERIA

Nigerian social media.

Fake news will undermine African response to COVID-19

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AFRICA

This 'infodemic' is particularly acute where leaders have actively denied the significance of COVID-19 (Burundi, Madagascar, Tanzania), and where government is widely distrusted…

Cholera cases will keep rising internationally

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INTERNATIONAL

Cholera is expanding in developing countries where contaminated water is the primary source of infection. Damage or restricted access to water sanitation infrastructure due to…

Tanzania’s miners face old struggles three years on

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TANZANIA

Although the revisions have brought much change, many projects remain at a standstill and uncertainty still plagues the sector.

Prospects for Africa in the second quarter

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PROSPECTS Q2 2015

Prospects for Africa in the second quarter.

Tanzania’s oil and gas sector faces mixed outlook

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TANZANIA

However, years of delays, regulatory uncertainty and a lack of political will -- compounded more recently by depressed global oil prices and the global slowdown caused by COVID-19…