What's behind the violence in Tanzania?
Episode Ep 1342 25 min 27s

What's behind the violence in Tanzania?

Tanzania's incumbent President has been declared re-elected with with 98% of the vote - in an election, denounced by the opposition as a sham...
The government denies that hundreds of people have been killed in a police crackdown. 
So, what's behind this crisis - and what's next?

In this episode: 

  • Tito Magoti - an independent human rights lawyer and activist who was jailed in Tanzania during former President John Magufuli's leadership. 
  • Nicodemus Minde - a researcher with the East Africa Peace and Security Governance Program at the Institute for Security Studies in Nairobi.
  • Fergus Kell - a Research Fellow with the Africa Programme at Chatham House in London. 

Host: Adrian Finighan

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