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Factions: The future of the ANC depends on whether its leaders like Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and President Cyril Ramaphosa can rise above petty factionalism and embrace governance rooted in the rule of law. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ANC

Why liberation movements fail

The implosion of parties such as the ANC and Zanu PF must serve as a cautionary tale for those that fought to liberate the continent

  • Wellington Muzengeza
7 min read
President Samia Suluhu Hassan
2025 GENERAL ELECTIONS

Mpina’s removal from Tanzania’s presidential race boosts Samia’s reelection chances

Tanzania’s 2025 general elections campaign has taken a dramatic turn after the removal of the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT Wazalendo) party’s candidate — former…

  • Mnaku Mbani
2 min read
Tundu Lissu, the presidential candidate of Tanzania’s main opposition Chadema party, shows a family picture as he speaks to the media at his home in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on September 9, 2020. – Tanzanians vote in general elections planned for October 28, 2020. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
ACT WAZALENDO

Tanzania’s opposition leader on reggae, resistance and his own resurrection

Sixteen bullets and 27 operations later, Tanzania’s main opposition leader has recovered from a brutal assassination attempt – and is now in the middle of an even bigger fight

  • Simon Mkina
4 min read
Braving it: Tundu Lissu, Tanzania’s former MP with the Chadema opposition party who was shot in 2017, returns from exile to challenge President John Magufuli in elections later this year. (STR/AFP)
ACT WAZALENDO

Tanzania’s opposition finds that forming a united front is not so easy

Having missed the chance to form a coalition, a so-called ‘endorsement’ may be the next-best step

  • Simon Allison
  • Simon Mkina
3 min read