Businessman and political advocate Simeon Freeman has criticized the Liberian government’s fiscal priorities, describing public spending as excessive and unethical. By Edwin G. Genoway, ...

Tory MP refers himself to watchdog over ‘cash for questions’ row - George Freeman, a former minister in Rishi Sunak’s ...

Democracy is in bad shape in East Africa and seems to be getting worse. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s political reforms after she succeeded the authoritarian John Magufuli in 2021 raised a ...

We will block the elections through confrontation," he told party members in December. A month later, he took the party's reins as chairman from longtime Chadema leader Freeman Mbowe.

Party chairman Freeman Mbowe has been rallying his members to forge a united front. Addressing those gathered at Chadema headquarters in Dar es Salaam, the country's larest city, last Thursday.

Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe said on X that one of its candidates, Modestus Timbisimilwa, was shot dead by police in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam as he attempted to stop "fake and ...

If these are not reapportioned by the BTA, there will only be 73 duly elected members of the supposedly 80-seat BARMM Parliament. Once elected, they will assume office on June 30 next year.

Tanzania’s main opposition leader Freeman Mbowe has been released on bail, his party said yesterday, after he was detained just days before local polls. The elections are viewed as a barometer for ...

Freeman Mbowe, chairman of Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema, gestures as he addresses a speech during the party's first political rally after an imposed ban from 2016 was lifted, at ...

In the most recent developments, leaders of the country’s main opposition party Chadema (Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo) – including Lissu, who is the party’s vice-chairperson, and chairman Freeman ...

Between the 1995 and 2015 general elections, however, there were gains in opposition parliamentary seats. In 1995, the first election after the constitutional amendments, 55 seats (23.7 per cent) out ...

In 1995, the first election after the constitutional amendments, 55 seats (23.7%) out of the available 232 went to opposition members of parliament. By 2015, out of 377 seats, 114 seats (30.2% ...