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Jan
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Decrying vaccines, Tanzania president says ‘God will protect’ from COVID-19

Decrying vaccines, Tanzania president says ‘God will protect’ from COVID-19

COVID-19
TANZANIA’S President John Magufuli says no lockdown was planned because God will protect people from COVID-19 while homespun precautions such as steam inhalation were better than vaccines.  "Vaccines are not good and if they were good, whites would have brought even HIV/AIDS vaccine," he said in a speech in western Tanzania, contradicting global scientific consensus and advice from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Jan
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Tanzania’s president asks China to forgive some outstanding debts

Tanzania’s president asks China to forgive some outstanding debts

BUSINESS
TANZANIAN President John Magufuli requested China to forgive some of the East African nation’s debts, including one incurred 50 years ago for the construction of a railway to neighbouring Zambia. The Tanzanian leader has in the past made the same request to other creditors. Last April, he asked international lenders like the World Bank to cancel debts to African nations, to give them fiscal room to battle the coronavirus. Magufuli said he had presented the request to visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, as the two witnessed the signing of a deal for the construction of a 341 km rail…
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Dec
14
2020
By The African Mirror
How Magufuli has steered Tanzania down the road of an authoritarian one-party state

How Magufuli has steered Tanzania down the road of an authoritarian one-party state

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
TANZANIA'S 2020 general elections resulted in a predictably easy victory for one of Africa’s oldest ruling parties, Chama Cha Mapinduzi. NICODEMUS MINDE, PhD Fellow, United States International University The National Electoral Commission declared the incumbent, John Magufuli, the winner with 84.4% of the vote. His closest challenger, Chadema’s Tundu Lissu, garnered a paltry 13%. The ruling party also won 261 of the 264 parliamentary seats. This represents 98.86% of the total. Similar results were reported in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous island region of Tanzania. There the presidential candidate Hussein Mwinyi was declared the winner with 76.6% of the votes. The ruling…
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Nov
11
2020
By The African Mirror
UN rights chief disturbed by ‘intimidation’ of opposition in Tanzania

UN rights chief disturbed by ‘intimidation’ of opposition in Tanzania

NEWS
THE U.N. human rights chief is disturbed by reports of "intimidation and harassment" of the opposition in Tanzania following a disputed election that the incumbent president won with 84% of the vote. President John Magufuli was declared the winner of the October 28 vote but the main opposition parties have alleged fraud. The opposition called for protests against the results but the police foiled their attempts last week and arrested their leaders, before later releasing them on bail. Police said the demonstrations were illegal and were meant to cause violence in the East African country. Tundu Lissu, who was Magufuli's…
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Nov
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Tanzania police arrest main opposition party leader ahead of protests

Tanzania police arrest main opposition party leader ahead of protests

NEWS
TANZANIAN police have arrested Freeman Mbowe, the leader of the main opposition party Chadema, according to Tundu Lissu, the party's candidate in last week's presidential election. The opposition has demanded a repeat election, citing widespread irregularities, and called for protests against the outcome, which returned President John Magufuli to office with 84% of the vote. Those arrested with Mbowe include a former member of parliament Godbless Lema, the former mayor of Dar es Salaam, Isaya Mwita, and the former mayor of Ubungo municipality, Boniface Jacob. "I got a message around midnight that they had been taken in," Lissu told Reuters…
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Nov
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli says to work with rivals after tainted poll

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli says to work with rivals after tainted poll

NEWS
TANZANIA’S President John Magufuli has promised to work with his rivals after a landslide victory in an election his leading opponent described as a travesty and the United States said was marred by widespread irregularities. The overture comes ahead of demonstrations that opposition has called for to protest against the poll's results. "I will be the servant of all Tanzanians. I would like to thank my fellow presidential contestants for participating," Magufuli said at a function in the capital Dodoma where he formally accepted the results. According to results announced by the country's poll body on Friday, Magufuli secured 84%…
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Oct
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Tanzanian poll is likely to usher in a new era of authoritarianism. Here’s why

Tanzanian poll is likely to usher in a new era of authoritarianism. Here’s why

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
DAN PAGET, Lecturer in Politics, University of Aberdeen TANZANIANS voted in their general election on October 28 in a poll that pitted popular opposition chief Tundu Lissu against incumbent John Magufuli. As the results were announced, Dan Paget explains why incumbent John Magufuli was declared the winner, and what his second term will mean for democracy in the East African nation. How do you rate the independence or fairness of the Tanzania election commission now and in the past? I no longer have faith in Tanzania’s National Electoral Commission or the validity of the election results. The validity of elections…
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Oct
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Magufuli wins re-election in Tanzania, says electoral commission

Magufuli wins re-election in Tanzania, says electoral commission

NEWS
TANZANIA’S President John Magufuli was re-elected for a second, five-year term on Friday, securing a huge victory in a contest that has been dismissed by the opposition as a "travesty" due to widespread irregularities. Magufuli got 12.5 million votes in Wednesday's vote, or 84%, according to a Reuters calculation, more than 10 million more votes than his main challenger, Tundu Lissu of the Chadema party, who got 1.9 million votes, the National Electoral Commission said. In his bid for a second term, Magufuli has promised voters that he will boost the economy by completing ambitious infrastructure projects he started in…
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Oct
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Tanzania’s opposition candidate calls election a “travesty”

Tanzania’s opposition candidate calls election a “travesty”

NEWS
TANZANIA’S leading opposition presidential candidate urged countries around the world on Thursday not to recognise the eventual results of an election held the previous day, calling it a "travesty" due to widespread irregularities. Tundu Lissu, the main challenger to incumbent President John Magufuli, told Reuters the defects in the process meant that the results - expected within a week - could not be trusted. Magufuli is seeking a second, five-year term in presidential and parliamentary polls marked by complaints of restricted internet access and accusations of fraud. Tundu Lissu addressing the parliament of Tanzania in Dodoma. Photo Likumbage "The results…
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Oct
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Tanzania president Magufuli seeks second term as polls open

Tanzania president Magufuli seeks second term as polls open

NEWS
TANZANIANS headed to the polls today for presidential and parliamentary elections that President John Magufuli hopes will hand him another five-year term despite criticism from rights groups that the government has stifled political dissent. Magufuli's main challengers include Tundu Lissu, who was shot 16 times in 2017, and former foreign minister Bernard Membe. The attack on Lissu, who returned from three years in exile in July, has never been solved. People turned out early to cast their ballots in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday morning. "The voting process is good, calm," local pastor Clement Fumbo told Reuters after voting. "I…
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