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  • Tanzania
    Maasai Evictions Highlight Conflict Between “Preservation” and Citizenship
    The regional court’s ruling in favor of the Tanzanian government has serious implications for indigenous citizenship rights and the state of democracy in the country. 
    Blog Post by Reina Patel October 13, 2022 Africa in Transition
  • Tanzania
    A Stronger U.S.-Tanzania Relationship Would Be Mutually Beneficial
    President Hassan's emphasis on economic growth and political liberalization in Tanzania are especially compelling to the United States in the context of a generally troubled East Africa.
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin May 4, 2022 Africa in Transition
  • Tanzania
    Arrests of Tanzanian Opposition Underline Need for Constitutional Reform
    The arrest of opposition figures in Tanzania, ostensibly for meeting to discuss constitutional reform, has only served to underline the country's need for a new constitution.
    Blog Post by Nolan Quinn August 4, 2021 Africa in Transition
  • Tanzania
    Interview: Tundu Lissu on Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and the Role of the West in Democratization
    Tundu Lissu, in an interview, comments on expectations for President Samia Suluhu Hassan, a Zanzibar native who was sworn in following former President John Magufuli’s death as Tanzania’s sixth—and first female—president.
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Africa in Transition April 1, 2021 Africa in Transition
  • Tanzania
    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
  • COVID-19
    Tanzania’s COVID Denialism Harms its Economic Future
    Beyond the immediate, detrimental effects for Tanzanians’ health, President John Magufuli’s aggressive COVID denialism is likely to dent the country’s economic prospects.
    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
  • Tanzania
    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
  • Mozambique
    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
  • Tanzania
    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 13, 2020 Africa in Transition
  • Tanzania
    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
  • Public Health Threats and Pandemics
    The World Health Summit, Chile’s Constitutional Referendum, and More
    Podcast
    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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