TANZANIA: Kikwete sworn-in as 4th president, 21/Dec/05
DAR ES SALAAM, 21 December (IRIN) - Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, who won a landslide victory in last week’s presidential elections in Tanzania, was sworn-in on Wednesday at a colourful ceremony in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.t... Full Report... Email Report
TANZANIA: Landslide for ruling party, 19/Dec/05
DAR ES SALAAM, 19 December (IRIN) - Tanzania's ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party has won presidential and parliamentary elections by a huge margin, the National Electoral Commission announced on Sunday. ... Full Report... Email Report
TANZANIA: Dozens reportedly displaced in post election violence in Zanzibar, 16/Dec/05
STONE TOWN, ZANZIBAR, 16 December (IRIN) - At least 60 people from the town of Tumbatu, off the northwest coast of Tanzania's semiautonomous island of Zanzibar, have taken refuge in nearby Nungwi following election violence between supporters of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi and the... Full Report... Email Report
TANZANIA: Mkapa leaves a socialist state more liberalised, 13/Dec/05
DAR ES SALAAM, 13 December (IRIN) - After two consecutive five-year terms, Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa will retire after elections on 14 December. Known as a brilliant and largely socialist politician, he nonetheless adopted a pragmatic approach in his efforts to improve the... Full Report... Email Report
TANZANIA: Profile on CUF presidential hopeful Ibrahim Lipumba, 13/Dec/05
STONE TOWN, ZANZIBAR, 13 December (IRIN) - Outside the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, Civic United Front Chairman Ibrahim Lipumba presents the most formidable opposition candidate in elections on Wednesday to succeed Benjamin Mkapa as president of Tanzania, analysts say.... Full Report... Email Report
TANZANIA: Profile on presidential candidate Jakaya Kikwete, 12/Dec/05
DAR ES SALAAM, 12 December (IRIN) - Tanzania's foreign affairs minister, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, who is viewed as the rank favourite to win Wednesday's presidential poll in a field of 10 candidates, is also regarded as a career politician and staunch socialist. ... Full Report... Email Report
GREAT LAKES: Returning refugees risk being displaced, 6/Dec/05
NAIROBI, 6 December (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of refugees in the Great Lakes region have started returning home, but without adequate support they could reignite conflicts and end up joining the millions of people displaced within their own countries, a senior UN official said... Full Report... Email Report
TANZANIA: Mkapa bows out with impassioned plea over HIV/AIDS, 1/Dec/05
DAR ES SALAAM, 1 December (IRIN) - In a speech to Tanzanians broadcast live nationwide on radio and television on Wednesday, President Benjamin Mkapa bid the country farewell with a plea to all citizens to establish their HIV status, saying the deadly disease was wreaking havoc in the... Full Report... Email Report