East Africa: Tanzania and Uganda - Bad Places to Be an Opposition Politician

East Africa: Tanzania and Uganda - Bad Places to Be an Opposition Politician

Kampala -- In East Africa's Tanzania and Uganda, political tensions are rising as they prepare for the next elections. Tanzania goes to the polls in October 2025, while Uganda's presidential and general elections will take place early in 2026.

Tanzania and Uganda: Bad Places To Be an Opposition Politician

In East Africa's Tanzania and Uganda, political tensions are rising as they prepare for the next elections, later this year and early 2026.

Concerns ahead of elections in Tanzania and Uganda about the state of democracy

Over the past couple of months, governments in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya have enacted a steep rise of oppressive practices threatening democracy and fundamental rights. The normalisation of regime policing, weaponisation of state agencies, enactment of repressive legislation, arbitrary and unlawful arrests and detention, torture, and transnational abductions have stained the democratic fabric within the East Africa Community. FIDH and its membe…

Tanzanian PM calls on citizens to reject signs of instability ahead of general elections

Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa on Tuesday urged citizens to uphold patriotism and preserve national peace as the country prepares for the October general elections. Ma...

Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu to defend himself in treason case after denied private legal access - The Zambian Observer

Opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been granted the right to represent himself in a high-profile treason trial after Tanzanian prison authorities repeatedly blocked private meetings with his legal team. Lissu, who heads the main opposition party Chadema, has been in custody since April 9 after delivering a public address that criticized Tanzania’s electoral framework and […] The post Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu to defend himself in tre…