Tanzania Elections Watch final observation report on the general election held in Tanzania on October 28th, 2020 finding: Not Free and Not Fair. Tanzania identifies itself as a democracy. Its tradition of competitive political contest and inclusion, built since the restoration of multipartyism 25 ...
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Museveni & 34 Years of ‘Bananas’ – Is Uganda Still a Democratic Country?
President Museveni has always pretended to be a democrat. This is among his many lies. He said he went to the bush to liberate us from dictatorship, only to turn the country into a dictatorship, the level of which Obote and Amin would envy. Museveni’s Deception: Is Uganda Still a Democratic Count ...
A Letter to the 10th President of Uganda, His Excellency, Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu A.K.A Bobi Wine!
Robert Kyagulanyi – a pop star-turned-politician who is known by the stage name Bobi Wine – is recognized as the new face of Uganda’s opposition. But his rise to prominence has not been without its challenges. ...
Media Coverage of Tanzania’s 2020 Presidential Elections – Framing Democracy
Media Coverage of Tanzania’s 2020 Presidential Elections: A focus on opposition candidate Tundu Lissu. With an unprecedented decline in press freedom since President John Pombe Magufuli took over in 2015, Tanzania has become a tragic case study. Shutdowns of newspapers and other media outlets and ...
Free and Fair Elections in Tanzania: President Magufuli s Last Test
Tanzanian general election is on this Wednesday, 28 October 2020. With the recent clampdown on Civil Society, we need to keep our eyes open to ensure free and fair elections #TanzaniaFREE. ...
#DadasRising: Amplifying Women’s Voice in Leadership and Civil Discourse
Dadas Rising programme has been designed to support young women leaders to increase their participation in discussing pertinent national issues as the country moves towards the 2022 presidential elections. The goal is to Amplifying Women’s Voice in Leadership and Agency in Kenya’s Public and Civi ...
Gabon Coup D’état Attempt: 10 Reasons why Ali Bongo Must Go!
Gabon Coup D’état attempt happened on the 7th January 2019, at 04:30 local time (03:30 GMT), when a National Radio Station in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon, was captured by soldiers from Gabon’s Military Forces. After the 1964 Gabonese Coup D’état Attempt, this is the 2nd one ...