A Tanzanian woman walks past a billboard for then-presidential candidate John Magufuli, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Oct. 26, 2015 (AP photo by Khalfan Said).
Magufuli Is Bulldozing Human Rights in Tanzania
Andrew Green Friday, Nov. 1, 2019
Editor’s Note: Every Friday, Andrew Green curates the top news and analysis from and about the African continent.
The space for dissent in John Magufuli’s Tanzania is closing rapidly. Amnesty International issued a report this week accusing Magufuli, who was elected president in 2015, of creating a “climate of mounting fear with growing restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly.” ...