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    Interview: Tundu Lissu on Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and the Role of the West in Democratization
    This is the second half of a two-part interview conducted by Nolan Quinn, a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program, and reviewed by Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow John Ca…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Africa in Transition April 1, 2021 Africa in Transition
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    Interview: Tundu Lissu Discusses the Need for Constitutional Reform in Tanzania
    This is the first half of a two-part interview conducted by Nolan Quinn, a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program, and reviewed by Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow John Cam…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Africa in Transition March 30, 2021 Africa in Transition
  • Heads of State and Government
    John Magufuli, Tanzania’s COVID-Denying President, Dies
    Nolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. President John Magufuli's death at sixty-one years of age followed a familiar pattern among Africa’s putat…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Africa in Transition March 18, 2021 Africa in Transition
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    Tanzanian President Magufuli’s Veneer of Omniscience in Critical Condition
    Nolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. A story published yesterday in Kenyan newspaper the Nation suggests—though does not confirm—that Tanzanian…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Africa in Transition March 11, 2021 Africa in Transition
  • Coronavirus
    Tanzania’s COVID Denialism Harms its Economic Future
    Nolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen populist leaders the world over downplay the disease in apparent attempts t…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Africa in Transition February 23, 2021 Africa in Transition
  • Infectious Diseases
    Ebola Resurfaces in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
    Three months after health authorities from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared the country had brought to an end its eleventh outbreak of Ebola, the disease has killed the wife of a survi…
    Blog Post by John Campbell February 10, 2021 Africa in Transition
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    Parting of Ways: Secretary Pompeo Announces Sanctions on Tanzania
    Nolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. On January 19, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo—on his last full day in the position—announced visa …
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Africa in Transition January 20, 2021 Africa in Transition
  • Radicalization and Extremism
    From Separatism to Salafism: Militancy on the Swahili Coast
    Nolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. The revelation that a Kenyan member of al-Shabab was charged with planning a 9/11-style attack on the Unit…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell January 13, 2021 Africa in Transition
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    The Military-First Approach in Northern Mozambique is Bound to Fail
    Nolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. On October 14, the Islamist insurgency focused in northern Mozambique spilled over into Tanzania, with an …
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell November 23, 2020 Africa in Transition
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    Recent Election Highlights the Dangers of Disenfranchisement in Zanzibar
    Tanzania’s fundamentally flawed elections in late October, and the additional repression unleashed in their immediate aftermath, have provoked international alarm and criticism. From pre-election con…
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin November 12, 2020 Africa in Transition
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    The World Health Summit, Chile’s Constitutional Referendum, and More
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    The World Health Summit 2020 takes place virtually, Chileans vote in a constitutional referendum amid protests, and Tanzania holds a general election.
    Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon October 22, 2020 The World Next Week
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    Magufuli is Transforming Tanzania's Ruling Party From a “Benign Hegemon” Into a Malevolent One
    Nolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. Prior to working for the Council, he lived in Tanzania, returning in March 2020. Tanzania’s Chama cha Mapi…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell October 22, 2020 Africa in Transition
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    U.S. Ambassadors and African Diplomacy
    In most African countries, the U.S ambassador plays a crucial role in managing the U.S. bilateral relationship with the host country. Hence, the importance of the arrival in Tanzania of Dr. Donald J…
    Blog Post by John Campbell August 11, 2020 Africa in Transition
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    Troubling Trends Threaten What Little Trust Remains in Tanzania's Democracy
    As experts sound the alarm about rising COVID-19 cases in Africa, Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has a very different message. In Magufuli’s telling, Tanzania is free from the virus and tourists …
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin July 27, 2020 Africa in Transition
  • Tanzania
    Tanzania, Where Magufuli Is Waging a War on Democracy
    Jeffrey Smith is the founding director of Vanguard Africa, a nonprofit organization that partners with African leaders to advocate for free and fair elections and ethical leadership. On November 7…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell November 15, 2019 Africa in Transition
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