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Let’s be clear: the Tanzanian election is worse than the Zimbabwean election 2018 by the same point- & we know how that ended. The silence of other African and international countries is deafening. #Thread 1/4 #TanzaniaElections2020 #TanzaniaElectionsWatch https://nation.africa/kenya/news/africa/zanzibar-opposition-says-3-shot-dead-by-police-in-poll-clashes-2723088
There has been: 1) more censorship, 2) more killing, 3) more attempts to stop opposition candidates standing, 4) more interference with the Internet ... and it is going to get much worse. 2/4 #tanzaniadecides #TanzaniaFree https://africanarguments.org/2020/08/26/tanzania-elections-opposition-report-widespread-nomination-interference/
In Zimbabwe, things came to a head as opposition supporters protested electoral manipulation and an unfair system. It will be the same in Tanzania & there will be further loss of life. This is not just likely; it is probable. 3/4 #TanzaniaElectionsWatch https://www.macaubusiness.com/zanzibar-opposition-leader-held-3-killed-in-poll-clashes/
The violence will be worst on the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, as CCM struggles to assert political control. We could see a return to 2001 when so many died. And yet the world is silent. @Smith_JeffreyT @burke_jason @hrw @JDevermont https://www.hrw.org/news/2002/04/10/tanzania-zanzibar-election-massacres-documented
If you want to get updates on the abuses being committed in #Tanzania, follow the Centre for the Strategic Litigation. This is their update sent two hours ago. Great work! #TanzaniaElections2020 #TanzaniaElectionsWatch #TanzaniaDecides2020 #Tanzanians
Final page of the report circulated today by the Centre for the Strategic Litigation
Make sure to follow these great Tanzanian researchers and commentators for the latest: @fatma_karume @MariaSTsehai @MSalimu @ThabitSenior @aeyakuze and reach out to them if you want information and analysis
@MillingtonBL More here: http://democracyinafrica.org/decolonizing-commentariat/
@MillingtonBL More here: http://democracyinafrica.org/decolonizing-commentariat/
For broader context, it is worth keeping in mind that allowing "effective" leaders to rig elections and pursue authoritarian strategies today leads to more mass protests against ineffective "old men" running their countries into the ground tomorrow ... https://www.theafricareport.com/42006/the-rise-of-africas-new-old-men/
