Many Tanzanians agree that the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar should be reformed to reflect contemporary realities.
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Political reforms and Magufuli loyalists within Tanzania’s ruling party could shape Samia Suluhu Hassan’s candidature for the 2025 elections.
Ali Hassan Mwinyi successfully drove economic and political reforms in Tanzania, all in the shadow of his predecessor, Julius Nyerere.
Ethiopia has maintained strong ties with Somaliland since the 1980s when it supported a rebel movement in the breakaway region.
Current reforms in Tanzania lack popular participation and legal safeguards.
The Tanzanian president’s reform drive has endeared her to the populace but will also embolden opposition to her political ambitions.
Kenya’s ethnic-based politics often leads to electoral violence that hurts regional trade.
Hassan is winning party loyalists, and has launched a diplomatic charm offensive ahead of 2025 polls.
Foreign military presence is not very pronounced in Kenya, though British and American personnel either train or assist in security operations.
Despite the relative political stability over the years, Tanzania needs a new constitution to address contemporary challenges and strengthen institutions.
She has been described as compassionate, rational and calm – attributes that are a far departure from her former boss.
Haji was an astute leader who rode the wave of leadership over a long and illustrious career in government and politics.
President John Magufuli won a second term by a contested landslide and looks set to take even greater control of Tanzania’s democratic space.
Kenya’s constitution-making process has exhibited a gyration pattern that often starts with a belief that governance reforms can rectify the country’s problems, but ends up as a power struggle.
A united opposition could create enough momentum to unseat incumbent John Magufuli from power.
Kenya must pay more attention to the role of this agreement as an investment attraction vehicle and not just a simple tariff centred ‘traditional’ pact.
As Somalia prepares to choose new leaders in 2021, questions remain around the viability of the country’s clan-based electoral system.
Turkana women weren’t properly represented in decisions made between the oil company and community.
If Al-Shabaab maintains its hard stance, the possibility for dialogue will continue to be remote and Somalia’s government will be forced to intensify the war on terror through new strategies.
The simplistic assumption that the violence in central Kenya is the result of drought mask the more complex underlying dynamics of politics, access to resources and land.
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Professor, United States International University
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PhD Candidate, International Relations, United States International University
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Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, United States International University
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Associate Professor of International Relations, United States International University
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Associate Professor, International Relations, United States International University
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Associate Fellow at the HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies and Professor of History and International Relations, United States International University
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Researcher, United States International University
