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Members of MVIWATA in Tanzania
MVIWATA’s 30th AGM: Forging a stronger farmers’ movement in Tanzania

The Annual General Meeting of the organization brought together hundreds of farmers in dialogue about the situation facing farmers in Tanzania and how to continue fighting corporate capture of agriculture.

Protests against disputed elections in Tanzania
From the “Island of Peace” myth to massacre

When the people rose up after Tanzania’s disrupted elections, they shattered a long-standing taboo: the belief that Tanzanians can only demonstrate at the state’s will.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan is sworn in
Post-election repression in Tanzania as President Suluhu “wins” with 97.66%

Tanzania’s disputed elections, already clouded by credibility concerns, ended with President Samia Suluhu declared the winner. Authorities have intensified arrests and crackdowns, while opposition leaders claim that thousands were killed during post-election protests.

protests in Tanzania
Protests erupt in Tanzania amid disputed elections, internet shutdown, and curfew

Protests erupted as Tanzania went to the polls on October 29, 2025. With opposition leaders jailed, Internet access cut, the election has been criticized as ceremonial for President Samia Suluhu Hassan to get back to power.

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MVIWATA champions peasant agroecology at 2025 National Farmers’ Day celebrations

Tanzania’s National Farmers’ Day, widely known as “Nane Nane”, was marked across the country on August 8, 2025, with MVIWATA leading a bold grassroots presence under the theme Peasant Agroecology.

Land as a source of life- a continental reckoning with dispossession and struggle
Land as a source of life: a continental reckoning with dispossession and struggle

A Pan Africanism Today webinar featured discussions on socialist alternatives from South Africa and Tanzania on the 112th anniversary of 1913 Land Act in South Africa that alienated black South Africa from their own land.

Tanzania’s 2025 elections- Democracy in crisis amid repression public discontent
Tanzania’s 2025 elections: Democracy in crisis amid repression and public discontent

Tanzania’s elections are scheduled for later this year, unfolding amid widespread concerns over political repression and worsening economic conditions.

Lessons from the Arusha Declaration: MVIWATA reflects on the struggle for farmers and the working class

The Arusha Declaration, presented by Julius Nyerere in 1967, sought to dismantle neocolonial exploitation through socialism, people’s democracy, and self-reliance.

Was the Arusha Declaration snuffed out before it could shine?

The Arusha Declaration, published on 5 February 1967, was an aspirational document. Much like South Africa’s 1955 Freedom Charter, it did not describe the world as it existed. Instead, it attempted to articulate the goal of our collective struggle for complete and genuine freedom.

Students and peasants in Tanzania join hands to mark World Food Sovereignty Day

MVIWATA brought together students and farmers for activities to discuss the importance of agroecology and food sovereignty across Tanzania and Africa.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, MVIWATA vows to strengthen peasant solidarity in Tanzania

Peoples Dispatch spoke to two leaders of Tanzania’s peasant movement about the importance of peasant unity and the struggle against neoliberalism

One of Africa’s largest peasant organizations condemns Israel’s genocide in Palestine

MVIWATA of Tanzania affirmed their total solidarity with the Palestinian people in a statement released during their AGM