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.

The recent elections in Tanzania, Cameroon, and Côte d’Ivoire lay bare the contradictions of neoliberal democracy in Africa, where the ruling class clings to power through coercion and electoral manipulation to protect imperial and class interests.

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 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.

Marches, music, panels, and declarations commemorating African Liberation Day organized by movements across the continent highlighted the spirit of resistance and unity.

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

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

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.

Activists across Africa continue to mobilize against the expansion of extractive activities by energy giants Shell and Total in the region. Uganda has recently witnessed a series of student-led protests which have brought global attention to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project

Today we look at the threat of expulsion facing over 70,000 Maasai people in Tanzania, the killing of 3 Syrian soldiers in an Israeli airstrike, and more

A report by Amis de la Terre France (Friends of the Earth) and Survie (Survival) says that the company’s projects have threatened more than 100,000 people’s livelihoods and created conditions for their displacement without proper compensation